alkuperäinen

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Finnish

Etymology

alkuperä (origin) +‎ -inen (of)

Pronunciation

Adjective

alkuperäinen (comparative alkuperäisempi, superlative alkuperäisin)

  1. original (preceding all others; first in a series of versions)
  2. indigenous, native, aboriginal (of or pertaining to peoples who inhabited a territory firstly and have often been minoritised)

Declension

Possessive forms of alkuperäinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Derived terms

compounds

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