From Proto-Finnic *itku. Equivalent to itkeä (“to cry”) + -u.
itku
| Inflection of itku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | itku | itkut | |
| genitive | itkun | itkujen | |
| partitive | itkua | itkuja | |
| illative | itkuun | itkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | itku | itkut | |
| accusative | nom. | itku | itkut |
| gen. | itkun | ||
| genitive | itkun | itkujen | |
| partitive | itkua | itkuja | |
| inessive | itkussa | itkuissa | |
| elative | itkusta | itkuista | |
| illative | itkuun | itkuihin | |
| adessive | itkulla | itkuilla | |
| ablative | itkulta | itkuilta | |
| allative | itkulle | itkuille | |
| essive | itkuna | itkuina | |
| translative | itkuksi | itkuiksi | |
| abessive | itkutta | itkuitta | |
| instructive | — | itkuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *itku, equivalent to itkiä (“to cry”) + -u. Cognates include Finnish itku and Estonian itk.
itku
| Declension of itku (type 4/koivu, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | itku | itut |
| genitive | itun | itkuin, itkuloin |
| partitive | itkua | itkuja, itkuloja |
| illative | itkuu | itkui, itkuloihe |
| inessive | itus | ituis, itkulois |
| elative | itust | ituist, itkuloist |
| allative | itulle | ituille, itkuloille |
| adessive | itul | ituil, itkuloil |
| ablative | itult | ituilt, itkuloilt |
| translative | ituks | ituiks, itkuloiks |
| essive | itkunna, itkuun | itkuinna, itkuloinna, itkuin, itkuloin |
| exessive1) | itkunt | itkuint, itkuloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
itku
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itku
| Even u-stem, tk-tkk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | itku | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | itkku itkkọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | itku | itkkut | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | itkku | itkkūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | itkku itkkọ |
itkkūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | itkui | itkkūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | itkkus | itkkūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | itkkūin | itkkūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | itkun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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From Proto-Finnic *itku.
itku
| Declension of itku (type II/võrkko, tk-dg gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | itku | idgud |
| genitive | idgu | itkujõ, itkui |
| partitive | itkua | itkuitõ, itkui |
| illative | itkusõ, itku | itkuisõ |
| inessive | idguz | itkuiz |
| elative | idgussõ | itkuissõ |
| allative | idgulõ | itkuilõ |
| adessive | idgullõ | itkuillõ |
| ablative | idgultõ | itkuiltõ |
| translative | idgussi | itkuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||