ehkä

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ehkä (compare Estonian ehk, Ingrian ehkä, Karelian ehki, Livonian agā, Livvi ehki, Votic ehtši; see for further etymology). Probably from Proto-Finnic *e- + *-hkä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈehkæ/,
Rhymes: -ehkæ
Hyphenation^(key): eh‧kä

Adverb

ehkä

perhaps, maybe

Usage notes

Negative contractions for ehkä
basic form	ehkä
negative	singular	plural
1st person	ehken	ehkemme
2nd person	ehket	ehkette
3rd person	ehkei	ehkeivät
These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. They are common, but optional.

Conjunction

ehkä (archaic)

although, though
Synonym: vaikka

Derived terms

ehkäistä

Further reading

“ehkä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

kehä, ähke

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ehkä. Cognates with Finnish ehkä and Estonian ehk.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈehkæ/,
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈehkæ/,
Rhymes: -ehk, -ehkæ
Hyphenation: eh‧kä

Adverb

ehkä

Synonym of ehki

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 28

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