ehkä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ehkä (compare Estonian ehk, Ingrian ehkä, Karelian ehki, Livonian agā, Livvi ehki, Votic ehtši; see for further etymology). Probably from Proto-Finnic *e- + *-hkä.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈehkæ/, [ˈe̞hkæ]
  • Rhymes: -ehkæ
  • Syllabification(key): eh‧kä

Adverb

ehkä

  1. perhaps, maybe

Conjunction

ehkä

  1. (archaic) although, though
    Synonym: vaikka

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ehkä. Cognates with Finnish ehkä and Estonian ehk.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈehkæ/, [ˈe̞xk]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈehkæ/, [ˈe̞xkæ]
  • Rhymes: -ehk, -ehkæ
  • Hyphenation: eh‧kä
  • Homophone: ehki

Adverb

ehkä

  1. Synonym of ehki

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 28
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