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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, embarrassed, loathsome, odious”), despite the difference in meaning.
Adjective
*keühä[1]
- poor (low-quality)
- Synonyms: *hoono, *këhna
- poor (with few or no possessions)
- Antonym: *rik'as
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*keühä
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*keühät
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accusative
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*keühän
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*keühät
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genitive
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*keühän
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*keühäden *keüheiden
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partitive
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*keühädä
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*keüheidä
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inessive
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*keühässä *keühähnä
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*keüheissä *keüheihnä
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elative
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*keühästä
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*keüheistä
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illative
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*keühähen
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*keüheihen
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adessive
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*keühällä
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*keüheillä
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ablative
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*keühältä
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*keüheiltä
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allative
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*keühälen *keühälek
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*keüheilen *keüheilek
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essive
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*keühänä
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*keüheinä
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translative
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*keühäksi
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*keüheiksi
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instructive
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*keühän
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*keühein
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comitative
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*keühänek
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*keüheinek
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abessive
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*keühättä
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*keüheittä
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*keühä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “kehv”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN