kuusteist

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Estonian

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    Cardinal: kuusteist
    Ordinal: kuueteistkümnes
    Fractional: kuueteistkümnendik

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuuci toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to kuus (six) +‎ teist (of second). Shortened from kuusteistkümmend ("six of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish kuusitoista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːsˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: kuus‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

kuusteist

  1. sixteen

Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, kuueteist and another alternative partitive singular kuutteistkümmend.

Declension