# mankeli
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish mangel, from German Mangel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑŋkeli/, [ˈmɑ̝ŋk̟e̞li]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋkeli
* Hyphenation: man‧ke‧li

### Noun

mankeli
* mangle (device with rollers for smoothing flat textiles such as bedsheets, tableclothes)
* (dated) wringer (device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed)
* (informal, dated) credit card imprinter; knuckle-buster, zip-zap machine (mechanical device for imprinting the data embossed on a credit card on a receipt)
    Synonyms: höylä, leimauslaite
* (figuratively) tight spot, dire straits, wringer (difficult situation or process that one has to go through)
    He todella vetivät jokaisen hakijan mankelin läpi ennen valintaa.They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mankeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mankelini
mankelini
accusative
nom.
mankelini
mankelini
gen.
mankelini
genitive
mankelini
mankelieni mankeleideni mankeleitteni
partitive
mankeliani
mankeleitani mankelejani
inessive
mankelissani
mankeleissani
elative
mankelistani
mankeleistani
illative
mankeliini
mankeleihini
adessive
mankelillani
mankeleillani
ablative
mankeliltani
mankeleiltani
allative
mankelilleni
mankeleilleni
essive
mankelinani
mankeleinani
translative
mankelikseni
mankeleikseni
abessive
mankelittani
mankeleittani
instructive
comitative
—mankeleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mankelisi
mankelisi
accusative
nom.
mankelisi
mankelisi
gen.
mankelisi
genitive
mankelisi
mankeliesi mankeleidesi mankeleittesi
partitive
mankeliasi
mankeleitasi mankelejasi
inessive
mankelissasi
mankeleissasi
elative
mankelistasi
mankeleistasi
illative
mankeliisi
mankeleihisi
adessive
mankelillasi
mankeleillasi
ablative
mankeliltasi
mankeleiltasi
allative
mankelillesi
mankeleillesi
essive
mankelinasi
mankeleinasi
translative
mankeliksesi
mankeleiksesi
abessive
mankelittasi
mankeleittasi
instructive
comitative
—mankeleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mankelimme
mankelimme
accusative
nom.
mankelimme
mankelimme
gen.
mankelimme
genitive
mankelimme
mankeliemme mankeleidemme mankeleittemme
partitive
mankeliamme
mankeleitamme mankelejamme
inessive
mankelissamme
mankeleissamme
elative
mankelistamme
mankeleistamme
illative
mankeliimme
mankeleihimme
adessive
mankelillamme
mankeleillamme
ablative
mankeliltamme
mankeleiltamme
allative
mankelillemme
mankeleillemme
essive
mankelinamme
mankeleinamme
translative
mankeliksemme
mankeleiksemme
abessive
mankelittamme
mankeleittamme
instructive
comitative
—mankeleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mankelinne
mankelinne
accusative
nom.
mankelinne
mankelinne
gen.
mankelinne
genitive
mankelinne
mankelienne mankeleidenne mankeleittenne
partitive
mankelianne
mankeleitanne mankelejanne
inessive
mankelissanne
mankeleissanne
elative
mankelistanne
mankeleistanne
illative
mankeliinne
mankeleihinne
adessive
mankelillanne
mankeleillanne
ablative
mankeliltanne
mankeleiltanne
allative
mankelillenne
mankeleillenne
essive
mankelinanne
mankeleinanne
translative
mankeliksenne
mankeleiksenne
abessive
mankelittanne
mankeleittanne
instructive
comitative
—mankeleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mankelinsa
mankelinsa
accusative
nom.
mankelinsa
mankelinsa
gen.
mankelinsa
genitive
mankelinsa
mankeliensa mankeleidensa mankeleittensa
partitive
mankeliaan mankeliansa
mankeleitaan mankelejaan mankeleitansa mankelejansa
inessive
mankelissaan mankelissansa
mankeleissaan mankeleissansa
elative
mankelistaan mankelistansa
mankeleistaan mankeleistansa
illative
mankeliinsa
mankeleihinsa
adessive
mankelillaan mankelillansa
mankeleillaan mankeleillansa
ablative
mankeliltaan mankeliltansa
mankeleiltaan mankeleiltansa
allative
mankelilleen mankelillensa
mankeleilleen mankeleillensa
essive
mankelinaan mankelinansa
mankeleinaan mankeleinansa
translative
mankelikseen mankeliksensa
mankeleikseen mankeleiksensa
abessive
mankelittaan mankelittansa
mankeleittaan mankeleittansa
instructive
comitative
—mankeleineen mankeleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mankeloida (“to mangle”)
* kuumamankeli
* mattomankeli
* munamankeli
* sähkömankeli

### Further reading

* “mankeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03