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aamukampa
aamukampa
Finnish
Noun
aamukampa
- (military slang) A "morning comb"; a comb in which every tooth represents one remaining morning in the military service - every morning one tooth is removed. The comb can then be displayed to younger soldiers for their envy.
- (figuratively, by extension) The remaining last days of anything.
- Teemu Selänteen aamukammassa on enää viisi piikkiä. (lit. There are only five teeth left in Teemu Selänne's morning comb.)
- Teemu Selänne has only five days to go.
- Teemu Selänteen aamukammassa on enää viisi piikkiä. (lit. There are only five teeth left in Teemu Selänne's morning comb.)
Declension
| Inflection of aamukampa (Kotus type 9/kala, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aamukampa | aamukammat | |
| genitive | aamukamman | aamukampojen | |
| partitive | aamukampaa | aamukampoja | |
| illative | aamukampaan | aamukampoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aamukampa | aamukammat | |
| accusative | nom. | aamukampa | aamukammat |
| gen. | aamukamman | ||
| genitive | aamukamman | aamukampojen aamukampainrare |
|
| partitive | aamukampaa | aamukampoja | |
| inessive | aamukammassa | aamukammoissa | |
| elative | aamukammasta | aamukammoista | |
| illative | aamukampaan | aamukampoihin | |
| adessive | aamukammalla | aamukammoilla | |
| ablative | aamukammalta | aamukammoilta | |
| allative | aamukammalle | aamukammoille | |
| essive | aamukampana | aamukampoina | |
| translative | aamukammaksi | aamukammoiksi | |
| instructive | — | aamukammoin | |
| abessive | aamukammatta | aamukammoitta | |
| comitative | — | aamukampoineen | |