pahvihousu

From pahvi (“cardboard”) +‎ housu (“pants”). Used since the 1990s.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑhʋiˌhou̯su/, [ˈpɑ̝xʋiˌho̞u̯s̠u]
• Rhymes: -ousu
• Syllabification^(key): pah‧vi‧hou‧su
• Hyphenation^(key): pahvi‧housu

pahvihousu

1. (slang, ethnic slur) Rom, Romani person

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mustalainen

• The international term romani is preferred in standard Finnish.
• The endonymic Finnish Kalo terms are kaalo (literally “black man”) and kaali (literally “black woman”). The calque tumma (literally “dark one”) is chiefly used by the Roma themselves.
• In Finnish, the Roma generally use mustalainen (literally “black person”), contrasting it with valkolainen (“Finn”, literally “white person”). However, these terms may be considered offensive by younger non-Romani Finns.