neukku

Finnish

Etymology

Contraction of neuvostoliittolainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneu̯kːu/, [ˈne̞u̯kːu]
  • Rhymes: -kːu
  • Hyphenation: neuk‧ku

Noun

neukku

  1. (colloquial) A Soviet citizen.
  2. (in the plural, informal) Soviet Union
    Kävitkö usein neukuissa?
    Did you often visit the Soviet Union?

Declension

Inflection of neukku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative neukku neukut
genitive neukun neukkujen
partitive neukkua neukkuja
illative neukkuun neukkuihin
singular plural
nominative neukku neukut
accusative nom. neukku neukut
gen. neukun
genitive neukun neukkujen
partitive neukkua neukkuja
inessive neukussa neukuissa
elative neukusta neukuista
illative neukkuun neukkuihin
adessive neukulla neukuilla
ablative neukulta neukuilta
allative neukulle neukuille
essive neukkuna neukkuina
translative neukuksi neukuiksi
instructive neukuin
abessive neukutta neukuitta
comitative neukkuineen

Synonyms

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