koukkumainen

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Finnish

Etymology

koukku +‎ -mainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkou̯kːuˌmɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): koukku‧mainen

Adjective

koukkumainen (comparative koukkumaisempi, superlative koukkumaisin)

  1. hooked (resembling a hook)
  2. hook-shaped, unciform (of the shape of a hook)

Usage notes

In English "hook-shaped" is much more common (in the internet by the ratio of about 600 to 1) than "unciform".

Declension

Inflection of koukkumainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative koukkumainen koukkumaiset
genitive koukkumaisen koukkumaisten
koukkumaisien
partitive koukkumaista koukkumaisia
illative koukkumaiseen koukkumaisiin
singular plural
nominative koukkumainen koukkumaiset
accusative nom. koukkumainen koukkumaiset
gen. koukkumaisen
genitive koukkumaisen koukkumaisten
koukkumaisien
partitive koukkumaista koukkumaisia
inessive koukkumaisessa koukkumaisissa
elative koukkumaisesta koukkumaisista
illative koukkumaiseen koukkumaisiin
adessive koukkumaisella koukkumaisilla
ablative koukkumaiselta koukkumaisilta
allative koukkumaiselle koukkumaisille
essive koukkumaisena koukkumaisina
translative koukkumaiseksi koukkumaisiksi
abessive koukkumaisetta koukkumaisitta
instructive koukkumaisin
comitative koukkumaisine
Possessive forms of koukkumainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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