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takaisin

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɑi̯sin/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝kɑ̝i̯s̠in]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑisin
  • Hyphenation(key): ta‧kai‧sin

Etymology 1

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From taka- (rear, backside) +‎ -isin (temporal distributive plural). Sense 2 possibly a semantic loan from Swedish tillbaka or English back.

Adverb

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takaisin

  1. (lative) back
    Synonym: (dialectal) takasten
    Mennään takaisin.
    Let's go back.
  2. (colloquial, static, proscribed) back
    Synonyms: taas, jälleen, palannut
    Te ootte takaisin siinä, mistä te aloititte.
    You are back where you started from.
Usage notes
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Kotus proscribes sense 2 as incorrect.[1]

Inflection
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Derived terms
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compounds
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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takaisin

  1. first-person singular present conditional of taata
    (Minä) takaisin onnesi, jos voisin.
    I would guarantee your happiness if I could.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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takaisin

  1. superlative degree of takainen
  2. instructive plural of takainen
Declension
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Inflection of takaisin (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative takaisin takaisimmat
genitive takaisimman takaisimpien
takaisinten
partitive takaisinta takaisimpia
illative takaisimpaan takaisimpiin
singular plural
nominative takaisin takaisimmat
accusative nom. takaisin takaisimmat
gen. takaisimman
genitive takaisimman takaisimpien
takaisinten
takaisimpain rare
partitive takaisinta takaisimpia
inessive takaisimmassa takaisimmissa
elative takaisimmasta takaisimmista
illative takaisimpaan takaisimpiin
adessive takaisimmalla takaisimmilla
ablative takaisimmalta takaisimmilta
allative takaisimmalle takaisimmille
essive takaisimpana takaisimpina
translative takaisimmaksi takaisimmiksi
abessive takaisimmatta takaisimmitta
instructive takaisimmin
comitative takaisimpine
Possessive forms of takaisin (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

References

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  1. ^ Marjatta Vilkamaa-Viljala (2008) “Milloin takaisin?”, in Kotus 1/2008[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-01-03

Anagrams

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