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Jooseppi
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Finnish
Etymology
Vernacular form of biblical fi Joosef Joseph.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi now rare _ as a first name fi male
1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
fi Tuli viimein pieni poikanen, pieni piimäparta Jooseppi, avasi oven, ja sisään astui Timo taakkoinensa, äänetönnä, katsoen oikeasti, rävähtämättä eteensä. Finally a boy, little milk-mustached Jooseppi, came and opened the door, and in stepped Timo with his load, not saying a word and staring unblinkingly straight ahead.
Declension
Joose pp p a
Related terms
fi Joosef
fi Juuso
fi Josefiina
Statistics
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