seka-

See also: seka and sekä

Finnish

Etymology

From , possibly from Proto-Uralic *sekä (“inside, interior”), thus "among" (also see seassa) and later "mixed". The word has (presumably original) front vowels in Võro but back vowels elsewhere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsekɑ-/, [ˈs̠e̞kɑ̝-]

Prefix

seka-

1. mixed
2. cross-

Inflection

Declension of seka- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative seka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive seassa – temporal – – elative seasta – causative – – illative sekaan – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – sekaisin allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The cases of seka- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Derived terms

• adjectives: sekainen, sekalainen, sekava
• verbs: seata, sekaantua, sekoittaa, sekoittua

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Compounds

• seka-auto
• seka-avioliitto
• sekahedelmä
• sekakuoro

• sekaleipä
• sekanelinpeli
• sekarotuinen

• sekasikiö
• sekasorto
• sekasotku

• sekasukupuolisuus
• sekatavarakauppa
• sekauinti

Anagrams

• eksa-, sake