etenkään

Finnish

Etymology

eten +‎ -kään; see etenkin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeteŋkæːn/, [ˈe̞t̪e̞ŋkæːn]
  • Rhymes: -eteŋkæːn
  • Syllabification(key): e‧ten‧kään

Adverb

etenkään

  1. (chiefly in the negative) especially (not)
    Synonym: varsinkaan
    Antonyms: etenkin, varsinkin

Usage notes
polarity
couple		 positive etenkin
negative etenkään

Inflection
Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative esi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (edes) –
inessive edessä –temporal – –
elative edestä –causative – –
illative eteen esiinmultiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillädistributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltätemp. dist. – –
allative edelle esilleprolative editse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään		 –
abessive – –
comitative – –
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