kaheksateist

From Proto-Finnic *kakteksa toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to kaheksa (“eight”) +‎ teist (“of second”). Shortened from kaheksateistkümmend ("eight of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish kahdeksantoista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑheksɑˌtei̯st/
• Hyphenation: ka‧hek‧sa‧teist
• Rhymes: -eist

kaheksateist

1. eighteen

   Kahe kuu pärast saan kaheksateist.

   I turn eighteen in two months.

   Ühtekokku antakse sealsetes suurlinnades kaheksateist kontserti.

   In total, eighteen concerts are given in the bigger cities.

There is also a shortened genitive singular, kaheksateist and another alternative partitive singular kaheksatteistkümmend.

• kaheksateistkümnene
• kaheksateistkümnendik