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-kainen
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Finnish
Etymology
fi -kka -inen. fi -kkainen is found in dialects.
Suffix
noun adjective käinen kaise
Creates nouns referring to things or beings that have a quality defined by the headword.
fi ainoa only ainokainen singleton; only child
fi karhu bear karhukainen water bear
fi kaunis beautiful kaunokainen beauty
fi lapsi child lapsukainen little one
fi nuori young nuorukainen youngster
fi outo strange outokainen strangelet
fi pieni little pienokainen little one
Used to create terms of endearment, or sometimes belittling terms.
fi keiju fairy keijukainen fairy
fi lyhyt short -käinen lyhykäinen short, shortish
fi neito maiden neitokainen damsel
Usage notes
The suffix often triggers labialization in the final vowel of the stem, much in the same way as fi -kka does sometimes.
Declension
-kai a
Derived terms
fi
References
Anagrams
fi aeiknn -niekan ankein kanien