raikaa

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See also: räikää

Finnish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

raikaa (rare, literary)

  1. to blare, resound
Conjugation

Incomplete conjugation, mainly used in those 3rd person, infinitive and participle forms which have the so called strong stem (in this case, with "k"). For all others, the forms of raikaa are substituted with corresponding forms of raikua.

In order to get forms of raikaa, simply replace any "u"s with "a"s, keeping in mind the limited usage of raikaa-variant. There are two exceptions: 1) indicative present negative is ei raikaa (not ei raia) and indicative past positive is raikasi (not raikai).

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Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

raikaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of raikaa

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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