Joukahainen
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Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain. Has been compared with dialectal joukhanen (“swan”) (joukahainen) and, on the other hand, with dialectal joukea (“smooth, slender”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Joukahainen
- (Finnic mythology) One of the main characters in Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 6:129-134:
- Tuossa nuori Joukahainen / Jo vähän ajattelevi, / Pikkuisen piättelevi: / Käsi käski ampumahan, / Käsi käski, toinen kielti, / Sormet suoniset pakotti.
- At these words young Joukahainen / Tried to think the matter over / And it stopped him for a while: / His hands are undecided now, / One says "go", the other "no", / Till his finger muscles ache.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 6:129-134:
- A database of Finnish words, maintained by the University of Turku, named after the mythological character.
Declension
| Inflection of Joukahainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Joukahainen | — | |
| genitive | Joukahaisen | — | |
| partitive | Joukahaista | — | |
| illative | Joukahaiseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Joukahainen | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Joukahainen | — |
| gen. | Joukahaisen | ||
| genitive | Joukahaisen | — | |
| partitive | Joukahaista | — | |
| inessive | Joukahaisessa | — | |
| elative | Joukahaisesta | — | |
| illative | Joukahaiseen | — | |
| adessive | Joukahaisella | — | |
| ablative | Joukahaiselta | — | |
| allative | Joukahaiselle | — | |
| essive | Joukahaisena | — | |
| translative | Joukahaiseksi | — | |
| abessive | Joukahaisetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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