-kene
Estonian
Alternative forms
Suffix
-kene (genitive -kese, partitive -kest)
- A noun suffix that builds diminutives from nouns.
- kivi (stone) → kivikene (a small stone)
Usage notes
Diminutives can be stacked, yielding -keseke, -kesekene. The longer forms are rarely used.
Declension
Inflection of -kene (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -kene | -kesed |
| accusative | -kese | -kesed |
| genitive | -kese | -keste |
| partitive | -kest | -kesi |
| illative | -kesse -kesesse |
-kestesse -kesisse |
| inessive | -keses | -kestes -kesis |
| elative | -kesest | -kestest -kesist |
| allative | -kesele | -kestele -kesile |
| adessive | -kesel | -kestel -kesil |
| ablative | -keselt | -kestelt -kesilt |
| translative | -keseks | -kesteks -kesiks |
| terminative | -keseni | -kesteni |
| essive | -kesena | -kestena |
| abessive | -keseta | -kesteta |
| comitative | -kesega | -kestega |
Inflection of -kene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -kene | -kesed |
| accusative | -kese | -kesed |
| genitive | -kese | -keste |
| partitive | -kest | -keseid |
| illative | -kesesse | -kestesse -keseisse |
| inessive | -keses | -kestes -keseis |
| elative | -kesest | -kestest -keseist |
| allative | -kesele | -kestele -keseile |
| adessive | -kesel | -kestel -keseil |
| ablative | -keselt | -kestelt -keseilt |
| translative | -keseks | -kesteks -keseiks |
| terminative | -keseni | -kesteni |
| essive | -kesena | -kestena |
| abessive | -keseta | -kesteta |
| comitative | -kesega | -kestega |
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-kene]
Suffix
-kene
- Marks the distant past imperfective tense when at least one of the arguments of the verb is not third-person.
Usage notes
This suffix can cause syllable reduction. It never occurs alone but is always accompanied by at least the past imperfective marker -a preceding it.
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