"inttileski" help for translation

[ercie]

"inttileski" what is real mean of this word? I try to search but couldnt find exactly. something related with "widow" but..

kiitos...

[Upphew]

Compound word, intti + leski. The latter being widow, as you said. Former is slang word for army.

All army's stuff were stamped with tower logo and letters SA-int, meaning suomen armeija - intendentuuri osasto, thus came the word intti.

[sammy]

...it's not "omosexual widow"

Intti derives from the acronym SaInt = the Finnish army.

Thus, inttileski is someone whose boyfriend (or nowadays, it could also be girlfriend) is away from home doing his/her military service.

[ercie]

Compound word, intti + leski. The latter being widow, as you said. Former is slang word for army.

All army's stuff were stamped with tower logo and letters SA-int, meaning suomen armeija - intendentuuri osasto, thus came the word intti.

thanks. but what is mean together? something like "officially widow or" ?? sorry but i dont understand what is difference with just "leski" and "inttileski"...

[Upphew]

thanks. but what is mean together? something like "officially widow or" ?? sorry but i dont understand what is difference with just "leski" and "inttileski"...

"Widow" due the other half being in army.
Compare to: lätkäleski, futisleski = someone who is "widow" because soccer/ice hockey/football game/tournament/season.

[sammy]

Think of it as a compound word, meaning "military service widow" (note that the 'widow' part is only used figuratively, it does not mean the other half has deceased - it's just that he/she is away from home for a long time and the other person 'lives alone' because of this...)

There's also "kesäleski" - curiously enough, it translates as "the Seven Year Itch"

[ercie]

thanks. but what is mean together? something like "officially widow or" ?? sorry but i dont understand what is difference with just "leski" and "inttileski"...

"Widow" due the other half being in army.
Compare to: lätkäleski, futisleski = someone who is "widow" because soccer/ice hockey/football game/tournament/season.

thanks. really good explanation..

[ercie]

Think of it as a compound word, meaning "military service widow" (note that the 'widow' part is only used figuratively, it does not mean the other half has deceased - it's just that he/she is away from home for a long time and the other person 'lives alone' because of this...)

There's also "kesäleski" - curiously enough, it translates as "the Seven Year Itch"

thanks.

[EP]

he is just away from home due to any reason" ??

No inttileski´s boyfriend is in the army. Golfleski´s boyfriend (husband, wife) spends all his free time playing golf --> wife alone at home. Futisleski´s husband spends more time playing (or watching) football than he spends with his wife. And so on.

[Pursuivant]

Inttileski is like the old "seaman's widow" who should have the porcellain cats on the window, looking "out" when she is entertaining and looking "in" when the sailors home to avoid embarrassment.