kukin

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkukin/, [ˈkuk̟in]
  • Rhymes: -ukin
  • Syllabification(key): ku‧kin

Etymology 1

kuka +‎ -kin

Pronoun

kukin

  1. (indefinite) each
    Kukin niistä maksoi 50 (viisikymmentä) senttiä.
    Each of them costs 50 cents.
    On noin 250 eri vähemmistöryhmää, joihin kuhunkin kuuluu alle 100 henkilöä.
    There are about 250 different minority groups, to each of which belongs under 100 people.
    Kullakin yksilöllä on oikeus elämään.
    Each individual has the right to live.
Usage notes
  • kukin has also plural forms. They are used, for example, with words that are used only in the plural: kutkin häät (“each (of the) wedding(s)”).
Inflection
Declension of kukin
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative kukin kutkinsuperessive – –
genitive kunkin kuidenkin
kuittenkin		delative – –
partitive kutakin kuitakinsublative kunnekin –
accusative kukin
kunkin		 kutkinlative – –
inessive kussakin kuissakintemporal kulloinkin –
elative kustakin kuistakincausative – kuitenkin
illative kuhunkin kuihinkinmultiplicative – –
adessive kullakin kuillakindistributive – –
ablative kultakin kuiltakintemp. dist. – –
allative kullekin kuillekinprolative – –
essive kunakin kuinakinsituative – –
translative kuksikin kuiksikinoppositive – –
abessive (kuttakin) (kuittakin)
instructive – kuinkin
comitative – –

The abessive singular and plural and sublative singular are rare.

Derived terms
compounds
polarity
pair		 positive kukin
negative kukaan

Pronouns with same stems:

Further reading

Noun

kukin

  1. instructive plural of kukka
    Piha oli koristeltu kukin.
    The courtyard was decorated with flowers.

Verb

kukin

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kukkia

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