-ks
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]
Usage notes
Not subject to vowel harmony; both -kos and -kös become -ks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-ksi. Cognates include Finnish -ksi and Estonian -ks.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-ksi/, [-ks̠i]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-ks/, [-kʃ]
Suffix
-ks
- Used to form the translative case.
- (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 |
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.