The word possibly originally meant "wasteful, diminishing, useless" (in which case, compare hupa for semantic shift), in which case it might be related to haaska and derived from haja-.
hauska (comparative hauskempi, superlative hauskin)
Inflection of hauska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hauska | hauskat | |
genitive | hauskan | hauskojen | |
partitive | hauskaa | hauskoja | |
illative | hauskaan | hauskoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hauska | hauskat | |
accusative | nom. | hauska | hauskat |
gen. | hauskan | ||
genitive | hauskan | hauskojen hauskain rare | |
partitive | hauskaa | hauskoja | |
inessive | hauskassa | hauskoissa | |
elative | hauskasta | hauskoista | |
illative | hauskaan | hauskoihin | |
adessive | hauskalla | hauskoilla | |
ablative | hauskalta | hauskoilta | |
allative | hauskalle | hauskoille | |
essive | hauskana | hauskoina | |
translative | hauskaksi | hauskoiksi | |
abessive | hauskatta | hauskoitta | |
instructive | — | hauskoin | |
comitative | — | hauskoine |