alkukankeus

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Finnish

Etymology

alku +‎ kankeus

Pronunciation

Noun

alkukankeus

  1. initial awkwardness
    Kuinka pääset yli alkukankeudesta, kun tapaat vanhan ystävän?
    How do you get over the initial awkwardness when seeing an old friend?

Declension

Inflection of alkukankeus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation)
nominative alkukankeus alkukankeudet
genitive alkukankeuden alkukankeuksien
partitive alkukankeutta alkukankeuksia
illative alkukankeuteen alkukankeuksiin
singular plural
nominative alkukankeus alkukankeudet
accusative nom. alkukankeus alkukankeudet
gen. alkukankeuden
genitive alkukankeuden alkukankeuksien
partitive alkukankeutta alkukankeuksia
inessive alkukankeudessa alkukankeuksissa
elative alkukankeudesta alkukankeuksista
illative alkukankeuteen alkukankeuksiin
adessive alkukankeudella alkukankeuksilla
ablative alkukankeudelta alkukankeuksilta
allative alkukankeudelle alkukankeuksille
essive alkukankeutena alkukankeuksina
translative alkukankeudeksi alkukankeuksiksi
abessive alkukankeudetta alkukankeuksitta
instructive alkukankeuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alkukankeus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation)

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