tuikku
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuikku
- Any small and weak source of light, such as an oil lamp, candle lantern or candle
- (by extension) tealight
- dram (small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tuikku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tuikku | tuikut | ||
genitive | tuikun | tuikkujen | ||
partitive | tuikkua | tuikkuja | ||
illative | tuikkuun | tuikkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tuikku | tuikut | ||
accusative | nom. | tuikku | tuikut | |
gen. | tuikun | |||
genitive | tuikun | tuikkujen | ||
partitive | tuikkua | tuikkuja | ||
inessive | tuikussa | tuikuissa | ||
elative | tuikusta | tuikuista | ||
illative | tuikkuun | tuikkuihin | ||
adessive | tuikulla | tuikuilla | ||
ablative | tuikulta | tuikuilta | ||
allative | tuikulle | tuikuille | ||
essive | tuikkuna | tuikkuina | ||
translative | tuikuksi | tuikuiksi | ||
abessive | tuikutta | tuikuitta | ||
instructive | — | tuikuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (tealight): lämpökynttilä, tuikkukynttilä
- (dram): huikka, hörppy, kulaus, napanteri, näkäräinen, naukku, paukku, ryyppy
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tuikku”, 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 2023-07-03