koukku
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
koukku
- hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
- hook (fishhook)
- hook (boxing punch)
- (idiomatic) addiction; used in inessive, elative and illative similarly to English hooked (“unable to resist or cease doing”):
- Olen koukussa Conan O'Brienin ohjelmaan.
- I'm hooked on the Conan O' Brien show.
- Olen koukussa Conan O'Brienin ohjelmaan.
- (typography) cedilla, hook (loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters)
- (slang) police
Declension
Inflection of koukku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | koukku | koukut | ||
genitive | koukun | koukkujen | ||
partitive | koukkua | koukkuja | ||
illative | koukkuun | koukkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | koukku | koukut | ||
accusative | nom. | koukku | koukut | |
gen. | koukun | |||
genitive | koukun | koukkujen | ||
partitive | koukkua | koukkuja | ||
inessive | koukussa | koukuissa | ||
elative | koukusta | koukuista | ||
illative | koukkuun | koukkuihin | ||
adessive | koukulla | koukuilla | ||
ablative | koukulta | koukuilta | ||
allative | koukulle | koukuille | ||
essive | koukkuna | koukkuina | ||
translative | koukuksi | koukuiksi | ||
abessive | koukutta | koukuitta | ||
instructive | — | koukuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (fishhook): ongenkoukku
- (cedilla): sedilji
- (police): poliisi
Derived terms
Derived terms