tykkänään

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The singular essive of tykkä- with a possessive suffix; the root is probably akin to tykky, and the word as a whole may have been influenced by tyystin.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtykːænæːn/, [ˈt̪ykːænæːn]
  • Rhymes: -ykːænæːn
  • Syllabification(key): tyk‧kä‧nään

Adverb[edit]

tykkänään

  1. completely, fully, downright

References[edit]

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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