muukalainen
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
muu (“other, else”) + -kalainen. Attested since at least 1548 in a variety of spellings (the Bible of that year has Mucalainen in Luke 17.18 and mwcalainen in Luke 24.18).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmuːkɑlɑi̯nen/, [ˈmuːkɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
Rhymes: -ɑinen
Syllabification(key): muu‧ka‧lai‧nen
Hyphenation(key): muu‧ka‧lai‧nen
=== Noun ===
muukalainen
foreigner, stranger (someone who comes from somewhere else)
Synonym: vieras
Hyponyms: ulkomaalainen, ulkolainen (foreigner), ulkopaikkakuntalainen (one from another town)
outsider (someone outside a community)
Synonyms: ulkopuolinen, vieras
space alien
Synonyms: alieni, avaruusolio
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
täkäläinen
sikäläinen
=== Further reading ===
“muukalainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023