Clipping of ihana (“lovely, wonderful, marvelous”) + -u.
ihku (comparative ihkumpi, superlative ihkuin) (colloquial)
Associated with the pissis stereotype.
The variant ihkuu is often used as partitive singular.
| Inflection of ihku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ihku | ihkut | |
| genitive | ihkun | ihkujen | |
| partitive | ihkua | ihkuja | |
| illative | ihkuun | ihkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ihku | ihkut | |
| accusative | nom. | ihku | ihkut |
| gen. | ihkun | ||
| genitive | ihkun | ihkujen | |
| partitive | ihkua | ihkuja | |
| inessive | ihkussa | ihkuissa | |
| elative | ihkusta | ihkuista | |
| illative | ihkuun | ihkuihin | |
| adessive | ihkulla | ihkuilla | |
| ablative | ihkulta | ihkuilta | |
| allative | ihkulle | ihkuille | |
| essive | ihkuna | ihkuina | |
| translative | ihkuksi | ihkuiksi | |
| abessive | ihkutta | ihkuitta | |
| instructive | — | ihkuin | |
| comitative | — | ihkuine | |