itku

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *itku. Equivalent to itkeä +‎ -u.

Noun

itku

  1. cry (shedding of tears)

Declension
Inflection of itku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative itku itkut
genitive itkun itkujen
partitive itkua itkuja
illative itkuun itkuihin
singular plural
nominative itku itkut
accusative nom. itku itkut
gen. itkun
genitive itkun itkujen
partitive itkua itkuja
inessive itkussa itkuissa
elative itkusta itkuista
illative itkuun itkuihin
adessive itkulla itkuilla
ablative itkulta itkuilta
allative itkulle itkuille
essive itkuna itkuina
translative itkuksi itkuiksi
instructive — itkuin
abessive itkutta itkuitta
comitative — itkuineen

Derived terms

Compounds
compounds

Anagrams

Northern Sami

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈitːkuː/

Etymology

Noun

itku

  1. shade, place without sun

Inflection
Even u-stem, tk-tkk gradation
Nominative itku
Genitive itkku
itkkọ
Singular Plural
Nominative itku itkkut
Accusative itkku itkkūid
Genitive itkku
itkkọ		 itkkūid
Illative itkui itkkūide
Locative itkkus itkkūin
Comitative itkkūin itkkūiguin
Essive itkun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person itkon itkome itkomet
2nd person itkot itkode itkodet
3rd person itkus itkuska itkuset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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