Finnish

Noun

marosi

1. (dialectal, Central Karelian Isthmus, obsolete) ice cream
   • 1942, Matti Jurva (music), “Niet Molotoff”, performed by Matti Jurva and Kristalli-tanssiorkesteri, lyrics by Tatu Pekkarinen and Robert von Essen:

     Finlandia, Finlandia, sinne taas matkalla oli Iivana; Kun Molotoffi lupas: "Juu kaikki harosii; huomenna jo Helsingissä syödään marosii"; Njet Molotoff, njet Molotoff, valehtelit enemmän kuin itse Bobrikov.

     Finland, Finland, to there was on his way Ivan; 'Cause Molotov promised: "Yes, everything well; tomorrow we will eat ice cream in Helsinki; No Molotov, no Molotov, you lied more than Bobrikov himself.

Declension

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Usage notes

• The Karelian Isthmus was ceded to the Soviet Union after WWII and the population was transferred to other parts of Finland. As a result, the whole dialect is all but disappeared and this word is hardly known by current speakers. It is chiefly known through the WWII propaganda song cited above.
• In the quotation above, marosii is a dialectal spelling in partitive singular.

Synonyms

• (standard) jäätelö
• (colloquial) jäde, jätski

References

• Русские заимствования в диалекте средней части Карельского перешейка (Russian loanwords in the dialect of Central Karelian Isthmus), a thesis work in Russian by Ilona Antila, University of Tampere, 2007, p.44

Italian

Noun

marosi m

1. plural of maroso

Anagrams

• ramosi
• somari