kuksa
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Finnish
Etymology
From a Sami language, compare Northern Sami guksi, from Proto-Samic *kuksē.
Pronunciation
Noun
kuksa
Declension
| Inflection of kuksa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuksa | kuksat | |
| genitive | kuksan | kuksien | |
| partitive | kuksaa | kuksia | |
| illative | kuksaan | kuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuksa | kuksat | |
| accusative | nom. | kuksa | kuksat |
| gen. | kuksan | ||
| genitive | kuksan | kuksien kuksain rare | |
| partitive | kuksaa | kuksia | |
| inessive | kuksassa | kuksissa | |
| elative | kuksasta | kuksista | |
| illative | kuksaan | kuksiin | |
| adessive | kuksalla | kuksilla | |
| ablative | kuksalta | kuksilta | |
| allative | kuksalle | kuksille | |
| essive | kuksana | kuksina | |
| translative | kuksaksi | kuksiksi | |
| abessive | kuksatta | kuksitta | |
| instructive | — | kuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kuksa”, 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