huikea
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *huikëda, the root of which is possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką. Related to Karelian huikie (“shameful”) and Veps huiged (“indecent, shameful”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]huikea (comparative huikeampi, superlative huikein)
- very large; immense, enormous, huge, whopping, incomparable
- tremendous, breathtaking, amazing, staggering, unbelievable
Declension
[edit]Inflection of huikea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | huikea | huikeat | |
genitive | huikean | huikeiden huikeitten | |
partitive | huikeaa huikeata |
huikeita | |
illative | huikeaan | huikeisiin huikeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | huikea | huikeat | |
accusative | nom. | huikea | huikeat |
gen. | huikean | ||
genitive | huikean | huikeiden huikeitten huikeain rare | |
partitive | huikeaa huikeata |
huikeita | |
inessive | huikeassa | huikeissa | |
elative | huikeasta | huikeista | |
illative | huikeaan | huikeisiin huikeihin | |
adessive | huikealla | huikeilla | |
ablative | huikealta | huikeilta | |
allative | huikealle | huikeille | |
essive | huikeana | huikeina | |
translative | huikeaksi | huikeiksi | |
abessive | huikeatta | huikeitta | |
instructive | — | huikein | |
comitative | — | huikeine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “huikea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02