aamuja

Finnish

Etymology

  • (jeer): Military conscripts count their remaining number of days of military service as the number of "mornings". aamuja can be translated roughly as "(many) mornings", i.e. it (mockingly) reminds the conscript that he still has many days of military service remaining.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːmujɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːmujɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmujɑ
  • Syllabification(key): aa‧mu‧ja

Interjection

aamuja (colloquial)

  1. A jeer directed at a conscript serving his military service; often used by those who have already completed or are about to complete their military service.

Noun

aamuja

  1. partitive plural of aamu
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