kuukautiset
Finnish
(index ku)
Etymology
kuukausi (“month”) > the "monthlies"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːkɑutinen/
- Hyphenation: kuu‧kau‧ti‧nen
Usage notes
The Finnish equivalent for the English verb "to menstruate" is olla kuukautiset ("to have the period"):
Declension
| Inflection of kuukautiset (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | kuukautiset | |
| genitive | — | kuukautisten kuukautisien | |
| partitive | — | kuukautisia | |
| illative | — | kuukautisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | kuukautiset | |
| accusative | nom. | — | kuukautiset |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | kuukautisten kuukautisien | |
| partitive | — | kuukautisia | |
| inessive | — | kuukautisissa | |
| elative | — | kuukautisista | |
| illative | — | kuukautisiin | |
| adessive | — | kuukautisilla | |
| ablative | — | kuukautisilta | |
| allative | — | kuukautisille | |
| essive | — | kuukautisina | |
| translative | — | kuukautisiksi | |
| instructive | — | kuukautisin | |
| abessive | — | kuukautisitta | |
| comitative | — | kuukautisineen | |
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