kaksi

Finnish

(index ka)

Finnish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : kaksi
    Ordinal : toinen
    Adverbial : kahdesti
    Multiplier : kaksinkertainen
    Distributive : kaksittain
    Colloquial counting form : kaa
    Colloquial ordinal : toka
Finnish Wikipedia article on kaksi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kakta. Final i is a common Finnic innovation, by analogy to yksi (“1”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑksi/, [ˈkɑks̠i] ("correct" pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/ (common in speech)
  • Hyphenation: kak‧si

Numeral

kaksi

  1. two

Usage notes
  • See Appendix:Finnish numbers

Declension
Declension of kaksi (type kaksi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative kaksi kahdetsuperessive kahtaalla –
genitive kahden kaksiendelative kahtaalta –
partitive kahta kaksiasublative kahtaalle –
accusative kaksi
kahden		 kahdetlative kahtia –
inessive kahdessa kaksissatemporal – –
elative kahdesta kaksistacausative – –
illative kahteen kaksiinmultiplicative kahdesti –
adessive kahdella kaksilladistributive – kaksittain
ablative kahdelta kaksiltatemp. dist. – –
allative kahdelle kaksilleprolative – –
essive kahtena kaksinasituative – –
translative kahdeksi kaksiksioppositive – –
instructive kahden kaksin
abessive kahdetta kaksitta
comitative – kaksine

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kakta.

Numeral

kaksi

  1. two
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