-ks

See also: ks, KS, kS, ks., Ks., ḳs, , k's, and K's

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]

Particle

-ks

  1. (colloquial, enclitic) Contraction of -kos.
    löytyyks mitää? are you finding anything?
Usage notes

Not subject to vowel harmony; both -kos and -kös become -ks.

See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]

Suffix

-ks

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of -ksi.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ksi. Cognates include Finnish -ksi and Estonian -ks.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ks

  1. Used to form the translative case.
  2. (folk poetic, obsolete) Together with a possessive suffix, used to form the long first infinitive with the meaning "in order to".
    • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oute Loan kylästä, “1140. Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
      Etsi maata maataksee // Lehtoa levätäksee
      She searched for land to lie down // For woods to take a break

Usage notes

  • In the Soikkola dialect, in the function of the translative case, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.

Inflection

Possessive forms of -ks
possessor singular plural
1st person -kseen -ksemme
2nd person -ksees -ksenne
3rd person -ksee -ksesse

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44
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