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leikki-ikäinen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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leikki-ikä +‎ -inen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯kːiˌ(ʔ)ikæi̯nen/, [ˈle̞i̯kːiˌ(ʔ)ik̟æi̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ikæinen
  • Hyphenation(key): leikki‧ikäi‧nen

Adjective

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leikki-ikäinen

  1. (of a child) roughly between three and seven years old, after learning to walk but before going to school

Declension

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Possessive forms of leikki-ikäinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Further reading

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