kauhea

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kauheda. Cognates include Karelian kauhie and Votic kauhaa (“nastily, disgustingly, awfully, terribly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯heɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯ɦe̞ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑuheɑ
• Syllabification: kau‧he‧a

Adjective

kauhea (comparative kauheampi, superlative kauhein)

1. awful, dreadful, terrible
2. bad, unpleasant
3. difficult

Declension

Inflection of kauhea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative		kauhea	kauheat
genitive		kauhean	kauheiden kauheitten
partitive		kauheaa kauheata	kauheita
illative		kauheaan	kauheisiin kauheihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kauhea	kauheat
accusative	nom.	kauhea	kauheat
	gen.	kauhean
genitive		kauhean	kauheiden kauheitten kauheainrare
partitive		kauheaa kauheata	kauheita
inessive		kauheassa	kauheissa
elative		kauheasta	kauheista
illative		kauheaan	kauheisiin kauheihin
adessive		kauhealla	kauheilla
ablative		kauhealta	kauheilta
allative		kauhealle	kauheille
essive		kauheana	kauheina
translative		kauheaksi	kauheiksi
instructive		—	kauhein
abessive		kauheatta	kauheitta
comitative		—	kauheine

Possessive forms of kauhea (type korkea)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kauheani	kauheamme
2nd person	kauheasi	kauheanne
3rd person	kauheansa
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles.

Anagrams

• haukea