etenkin

Finnish

Etymology

eten +‎ -kin, from the instructive singular of esi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeteŋkin/, [ˈe̞t̪e̞ŋk̟in]
• Rhymes: -eteŋkin
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ten‧kin
• Hyphenation^(key): eten‧kin

Adverb

etenkin (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in the positive) especially, particularly, notably

   Synonyms: varsinkin, erityisesti, (dated) erittäinkin, eritoten, olletikin

   Antonyms: etenkään, varsinkaan

Usage notes

polarity pair	positive	etenkin
	negative	etenkään

Declension

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative esi- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative edes – inessive edessä – temporal – – elative edestä – causative – – illative eteen esiin multiplicative – – adessive edellä esillä distributive – – ablative edeltä esiltä temp. dist. – – allative edelle esille prolative editse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive etenkin etenkään – comitative – –

Further reading

• “etenkin”, 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 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• teenkin