tuikku
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittuikku
- Any small and weak source of light, such as an oil lamp, candle lantern or candle
- (by extension) tealight
- dram (small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink)
Declension
edit| Inflection of tuikku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tuikku | tuikut | |
| genitive | tuikun | tuikkujen | |
| partitive | tuikkua | tuikkuja | |
| illative | tuikkuun | tuikkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuikku | tuikut | |
| accusative | nom. | tuikku | tuikut |
| gen. | tuikun | ||
| genitive | tuikun | tuikkujen | |
| partitive | tuikkua | tuikkuja | |
| inessive | tuikussa | tuikuissa | |
| elative | tuikusta | tuikuista | |
| illative | tuikkuun | tuikkuihin | |
| adessive | tuikulla | tuikuilla | |
| ablative | tuikulta | tuikuilta | |
| allative | tuikulle | tuikuille | |
| essive | tuikkuna | tuikkuina | |
| translative | tuikuksi | tuikuiksi | |
| abessive | tuikutta | tuikuitta | |
| instructive | — | tuikuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
edit- (tealight): lämpökynttilä, tuikkukynttilä
- (dram): huikka, hörppy, kulaus, napanteri, näkäräinen, naukku, paukku, ryyppy
Derived terms
editcompounds
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tuikku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03