kukin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukin/, [ˈkuk̟in]

Etymology 1

kuka +‎ -kin

Pronoun

kukin

1. (indefinite) each:

   • Kukin niistä maksoi 50 (= viisikymmentä) senttiä.
     • Each of them cost 50 cents.
   • On noin 250 eri vähemmistöryhmää, joihin kuhunkin kuuluu alle 100 henkilöä.
     • There are about 250 different minority groups, to each of which belongs under 100 people.
   • Kullakin yksilöllä on oikeus elämään.
     • Each individual has the right to live.

Usage notes

• Kukin has also plural forms, which are used e.g. in words that are used only in plural: kutkin häät, each (of the) wedding(s).

Inflection

Declension of kukin noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative kukin kutkin superessive – – genitive kunkin kuidenkin kuittenkin delative – – partitive kutakin kuitakin sublative kunnekin – accusative kukin kunkin kutkin lative – – inessive kussakin kuissakin temporal kulloinkin – elative kustakin kuistakin causative – kuitenkin illative kuhunkin kuihinkin multiplicative – – adessive kullakin kuillakin distributive – – ablative kultakin kuiltakin temp. dist. – – allative kullekin kuillekin prolative – – essive kunakin kuinakin situative – – translative kuksikin kuiksikin oppositive – – abessive – kuinkin instructive (kuttakin) (kuittakin) comitative – –

The abessive singular and plural and sublative singular are rare.

Related terms

Pronouns with same stems:

• joka
• jokin
• joku
• jompikumpi
• kuka
• kukaan
• kumpi
• kumpikaan
• kumpikin

Etymology 2

Noun

kukin

1. (deprecated template usage) instructive plural of kukka

   • Piha oli koristeltu kukin.
     • The courtyard was decorated with flowers.

Etymology 3

Verb

kukin

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kukkia
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of kukkia

Anagrams

• nukki