"-ski" meaning in Finnish

See -ski in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: As with many slang suffixes, there are probably multiple origins. The main origin is probably -ska + -i, but there is almost certainly at least some inspiration taken from Russian -ский (-skij). Etymology templates: {{suffix|fi|-ska|-i|id1=diminutive|id2=nominal}} -ska + -i, {{ncog|ru|-ский}} Russian -ский (-skij) Head templates: {{head|fi|suffix}} -ski
  1. Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping). Tags: morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--ski-fi-suffix-ck3zaM5v Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish terms suffixed with -i (nominal)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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