pussi

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Swedish pusi, posi (compare modern Swedish påse), from Proto-Germanic *pusô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpusːi/, [ˈpus̠ːi] Rhymes: -usːi Syllabification(key): pus‧si Hyphenation(key): pus‧si === Noun === pussi bag (small, flexible container for items; made of e.g. paper or plastic, either for packaging or storage, or for carrying, in which case usually smaller than a kassi) (anatomy, zoology, botany) pouch, sac, bag (billiards) pocket (colloquial, in the plural) scrotum, nutbag Synonyms: kivespussi, (colloquial, in the plural) munapussi, kassi (in compounds) Together with certain modifiers used to produce compound terms meaning a person who has a lot of a given characteristic; bag of äkäinen (“ill-tempered”) > äkäpussi (“shrew”) kiukku (“anger”) > kiukkupussi (“a person who is easily angered”) sisu (“willpower, guts”) > sisupussi (“an obstinate person”) ==== Usage notes ==== (bag, pouch, sac): See usage notes at laukku. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== kassi laukku säkki === Further reading === “pussi”, 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 === Anagrams === sipsu, upsis == Ingrian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Swedish pusi, possibly via Finnish pussi. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpusːi/, [ˈpus̠ʲː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpusːi/, [ˈpuʃːi] Rhymes: -usʲː, -usːi Hyphenation: pus‧si === Noun === pussi bag ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====