kaikki

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kaikki, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kajakei.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯kːi/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯kːi]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑikːi
  • Syllabification(key): kaik‧ki

Pronoun[edit]

kaikki

  1. (indefinite, in singular, without a main word) everything
    Tänään kaikki menee pieleen.
    Today everything goes wrong.
    Vihaan kaikkea.
    I hate everything.
    eikä tässä vielä kaikkibut wait, there's more (literally, “and this is not everything yet”)
  2. (indefinite, in plural, without a main word) everyone, everybody
    Kaikki olivat täällä.
    Everyone was here.
    Vihaan kaikkia.
    I hate everyone.
  3. (in compounds) all-, omni-

Determiner[edit]

kaikki

  1. all
    Kaikki sukkani löytyivät.
    All my socks were found.
    Yhtäkkiä kaikki vesi vyöryi huoneistoon.
    Suddenly all the water ran into the apartment.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The pronoun also has the nominative plural form kaiket, which is used only in some phrases, e.g. kaiket päivät (every day, all the time, day after day, for days on end).

Declension[edit]

Also inflects in the rare -ti case similar to abessive: kaiketi.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of "all, everything"): mikään
  • (antonym(s) of "everyone"): kukaan

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