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taskumatti

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Finnish

Etymology

From tasku (pocket) + Matti (a given name). According to a common story, named after Matti Helenius-Seppälä, an early 20th century activist in the Finnish temperance movement, but this might simply be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑskuˌmɑtːi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠kuˌmɑ̝t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtːi
  • Syllabification(key): tas‧ku‧mat‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): tasku‧matti

Noun

taskumatti

  1. hip flask, pocket flask (pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages)

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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