ukkeli
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ukko (“old man”) + -eli (diminutive)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ukkeli
- (colloquial) old man
- man (little man or man-like creature, especially one from outer space)
- Avaruusolennot kuvataan usein pieninä vihreinä ukkeleina.
- Space creatures are often depicted as little green men.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ukkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ukkeli | ukkelit | |
genitive | ukkelin | ukkelien ukkeleiden ukkeleitten | |
partitive | ukkelia | ukkeleita ukkeleja | |
illative | ukkeliin | ukkeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ukkeli | ukkelit | |
accusative | nom. | ukkeli | ukkelit |
gen. | ukkelin | ||
genitive | ukkelin | ukkelien ukkeleiden ukkeleitten | |
partitive | ukkelia | ukkeleita ukkeleja | |
inessive | ukkelissa | ukkeleissa | |
elative | ukkelista | ukkeleista | |
illative | ukkeliin | ukkeleihin | |
adessive | ukkelilla | ukkeleilla | |
ablative | ukkelilta | ukkeleilta | |
allative | ukkelille | ukkeleille | |
essive | ukkelina | ukkeleina | |
translative | ukkeliksi | ukkeleiksi | |
abessive | ukkelitta | ukkeleitta | |
instructive | — | ukkelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “ukkeli”, 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 2023-07-03