-kkain

-kkäin Finnish Etymology From the instructive plural of fi -kas. Suffix adverb kkäin Forms situative adverbs. fi kasvot face kasvokkain face to face fi vieri side -kkäin vierekkäin side by side Usage notes The case is applied only a limited number of words. Inflected forms are mostly singular, but some words have also a plural form. Derived terms fi References Anagrams fi aikkn kakin kanki kikan nakki nikka Ingrian Etymology 1 Akin to fi -kainen. Pronunciation -kkajne Suffix -kkäin izh diminutive Forms endearing forms of nouns and adjectives; -ie, -y izh tyttö lass tytökkäin lassie Usage notes In its oblique forms, this suffix always carries secondary stress in polysyllabic words. Declension kk k Derived terms izh diminutive Etymology 2 From the instructive plural of izh -kas. Akin to fi -kkain. Pronunciation Suffix -kkäin izh situative Forms situative adverbs. izh rinta chest rinnakkain side-by-side Derived terms izh situative Etymology 3 Pronunciation Suffix izh suffix form izh -kas gen pl ; ess pl