karku

Finnish

From Proto-Finnic *karku. Equivalent to karata (“to escape, run away, flee”) +‎ -u.

karku

flight, escape (mostly used in the illative, inessive and elative cases)
olla karussa ― to be at large, to be on the loose

juosta karkuun ― to run away (to flee by running)

lähteä karkuun ― to escape, elude (to get away from)
high or full speed, gallop (mostly used idiomatically in the expression täyttä karkua (“at full speed”))

Inflection of karku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation)
nominative		karku	karut
genitive		karun	karkujen
partitive		karkua	karkuja
illative		karkuun	karkuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		karku	karut
accusative	nom.	karku	karut
accusative	gen.	karun	karut
genitive		karun	karkujen
partitive		karkua	karkuja
inessive		karussa	karuissa
elative		karusta	karuista
illative		karkuun	karkuihin
adessive		karulla	karuilla
ablative		karulta	karuilta
allative		karulle	karuille
essive		karkuna	karkuina
translative		karuksi	karuiksi
abessive		karutta	karuitta
instructive		—	karuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of karku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		karkuni	karkuni
accusative	nom.	karkuni	karkuni
accusative	gen.	karkuni	karkuni
genitive		karkuni	karkujeni
partitive		karkuani	karkujani
inessive		karussani	karuissani
elative		karustani	karuistani
illative		karkuuni	karkuihini
adessive		karullani	karuillani
ablative		karultani	karuiltani
allative		karulleni	karuilleni
essive		karkunani	karkuinani
translative		karukseni	karuikseni
abessive		karuttani	karuittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	karkuineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		karkusi	karkusi
accusative	nom.	karkusi	karkusi
accusative	gen.	karkusi	karkusi
genitive		karkusi	karkujesi
partitive		karkuasi	karkujasi
inessive		karussasi	karuissasi
elative		karustasi	karuistasi
illative		karkuusi	karkuihisi
adessive		karullasi	karuillasi
ablative		karultasi	karuiltasi
allative		karullesi	karuillesi
essive		karkunasi	karkuinasi
translative		karuksesi	karuiksesi
abessive		karuttasi	karuittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	karkuinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		karkumme	karkumme
accusative	nom.	karkumme	karkumme
accusative	gen.	karkumme	karkumme
genitive		karkumme	karkujemme
partitive		karkuamme	karkujamme
inessive		karussamme	karuissamme
elative		karustamme	karuistamme
illative		karkuumme	karkuihimme
adessive		karullamme	karuillamme
ablative		karultamme	karuiltamme
allative		karullemme	karuillemme
essive		karkunamme	karkuinamme
translative		karuksemme	karuiksemme
abessive		karuttamme	karuittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	karkuinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		karkunne	karkunne
accusative	nom.	karkunne	karkunne
accusative	gen.	karkunne	karkunne
genitive		karkunne	karkujenne
partitive		karkuanne	karkujanne
inessive		karussanne	karuissanne
elative		karustanne	karuistanne
illative		karkuunne	karkuihinne
adessive		karullanne	karuillanne
ablative		karultanne	karuiltanne
allative		karullenne	karuillenne
essive		karkunanne	karkuinanne
translative		karuksenne	karuiksenne
abessive		karuttanne	karuittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	karkuinenne

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