-ks

Appendix:Variations of "ks" Finnish Etymology 1 fi -kos/-kös. Pronunciation Particle fi particle fi colloquial enclitic particle fi -ko interrogative clitic fi löytyyks mitää? are you finding anything? Usage notes Not subject to vowel harmony; both fi -kos and fi -kös become fi -ks. Even though etymologically fi -ks contains the clitic fi -s clitic, in practice it is used colloquially as a general interrogative clitic and is as neutral as fi -ko (other than being colloquial). See also 837 Liitepartikkeli -s kysymyssanoissa Etymology 2 Pronunciation Suffix fi suffix fi colloquial dialectal fi -ksi Ingrian Etymology From izh urj-fin-pro *-ksi translative. Cognates include fi -ksi and et -ks. Pronunciation -kse Suffix Used to form the translative case. izh folk poetic obsolete Together with a possessive suffix, used to form the long first infinitive with the meaning "in order to". izh III1 1140 Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2 Oute Loan kylästä Etsi maata maataksee // Lehtoa levätäksee She searched for land to lie down // For woods to take a break 1-2 Volmari Porkka Usage notes In the Soikkola dialect, in the function of the translative case, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel. Inflection -kseen -ksees -ksee -ksemme -ksenne -ksesse References 44