yks

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See also: ykš and YKS

Finnish

Pronunciation

Numeral

yks

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of yksi (one)

Determiner

yks

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of yksi (one)

Declension

The declension presented in the table below is only one possibility. Colloquial Finnish declension is not standardized and depends on the region and the speaker. Different variations of the same form may be used by the same speaker, even within the same sentence.

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Ingrian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : yks
    Ordinal : ensimäin

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ükci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ükte. Cognates include Finnish yksi and Estonian üks.

Pronunciation

Numeral

yks

  1. one
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:
      Yks, kaks, kolt.
      One, two, three.

Pronoun

yks

  1. (in the singular) the one
  2. (in the plural) some
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
      Yksiil ono sooja șuuba, toiset syvviis norriis peittiisivät.
      Some have a warm fur, others hid in deep burrows.

Determiner

yks

  1. same
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Yhet lapset ollaa kois.
      The same children are home.

Declension

Declension of yks (type 9/yks, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative yks yhet
genitive yhen yksiin
partitive yhtä yksiä
illative yhtee yksii
inessive yhes yksiis
elative yhest yksist
allative yhelle yksille
adessive yhel yksiil
ablative yhelt yksilt
translative yheks yksiks
essive yhtennä, yhteen yksinnä, yksiin
exessive1) yhtent yksint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of the one): muu, toin
  • (antonym(s) of some): muu, toin
  • (antonym(s) of same): muu, toin

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “юксъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 689
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 76