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