kuinkaan

Finnish

Etymology

kuin +‎ -kaan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ŋkɑːn/, [ˈkui̯ŋkɑ̝ːn]
Rhymes: -uiŋkɑːn
Syllabification^(key): kuin‧kaan

Adverb

kuinkaan

(chiefly in the negative) nothing bad; to be all right, to be unhurt, to be unaffected
Ei minulle käynyt siinä kuinkaan.
I didn't get hurt at all from that. / I'm completely alright after that.

Usage notes

Chiefly used with käydä.

Pronoun

kuinkaan

(archaic) instructive plural of kukaan

Further reading

“kuinkaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

ikkunaan

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