kaksi

Finnish

Finnish numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: kaksi
    Colloquial counting form: kaa
    Ordinal: toinen
    Colloquial ordinal: toka
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2., 2:nen
    Digit name: kakkonen
    Adverbial: kahdesti
    Multiplier: kaksinkertainen
    Distributive: kaksittain
    Fractional: puolikas

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Uralic *käktä ~ *kakta.[1] Final i is a common Finnic innovation, by analogy to yksi (1).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑksi/, [ˈkɑ̝ks̠i]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑ̝ks̠] (colloquial)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑksi
  • Syllabification(key): kak‧si

Numeral

kaksi

  1. two

Usage notes

  • See Appendix:Finnish numbers

Declension

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See also

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kaksi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

Anagrams

Karelian

Numeral

kaksi

  1. Superseded spelling of kakši.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 52
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