vastakaiku
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vasta- (“counter-”) + kaiku (“echo”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vastakaiku
- positive response, especially to a proposal, speech, feelings
- Tunnustin hänelle rakkauteni. -- Saitko mitään vastakaikua?
- I confessed my love to her. -- Did you get any positive response?
Usage notes
[edit]Verbs often used with vastakaiku include herättää (“to awake”), saada (“to receive”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vastakaiku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation) | |||
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nominative | vastakaiku | vastakaiut | |
genitive | vastakaiun | vastakaikujen | |
partitive | vastakaikua | vastakaikuja | |
illative | vastakaikuun | vastakaikuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vastakaiku | vastakaiut | |
accusative | nom. | vastakaiku | vastakaiut |
gen. | vastakaiun | ||
genitive | vastakaiun | vastakaikujen | |
partitive | vastakaikua | vastakaikuja | |
inessive | vastakaiussa | vastakaiuissa | |
elative | vastakaiusta | vastakaiuista | |
illative | vastakaikuun | vastakaikuihin | |
adessive | vastakaiulla | vastakaiuilla | |
ablative | vastakaiulta | vastakaiuilta | |
allative | vastakaiulle | vastakaiuille | |
essive | vastakaikuna | vastakaikuina | |
translative | vastakaiuksi | vastakaiuiksi | |
abessive | vastakaiutta | vastakaiuitta | |
instructive | — | vastakaiuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “vastakaiku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04