vastakaiku

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Etymology

vasta- (counter-) +‎ kaiku (echo)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstɑˌkɑi̯ku/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑiku
  • Hyphenation(key): vasta‧kaiku

Noun

vastakaiku

  1. positive response, especially to a proposal, speech, feelings
    Tunnustin hänelle rakkauteni. -- Saitko mitään vastakaikua?
    I confessed my love to her. -- Did you get any positive response?

Usage notes

Verbs often used with vastakaiku include herättää (to awake), saada (to receive).

Declension

Inflection of vastakaiku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
nominative vastakaiku vastakaiut
genitive vastakaiun vastakaikujen
partitive vastakaikua vastakaikuja
illative vastakaikuun vastakaikuihin
singular plural
nominative vastakaiku vastakaiut
accusative nom. vastakaiku vastakaiut
gen. vastakaiun
genitive vastakaiun vastakaikujen
partitive vastakaikua vastakaikuja
inessive vastakaiussa vastakaiuissa
elative vastakaiusta vastakaiuista
illative vastakaikuun vastakaikuihin
adessive vastakaiulla vastakaiuilla
ablative vastakaiulta vastakaiuilta
allative vastakaiulle vastakaiuille
essive vastakaikuna vastakaikuina
translative vastakaiuksi vastakaiuiksi
abessive vastakaiutta vastakaiuitta
instructive vastakaiuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vastakaiku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)

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