niinku
Finnish
Alternative forms
- niiku (colloquial)
- niinq, niiq (slang)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniːŋku/, [ˈniːŋku]
- Rhymes: -iːŋku
- Syllabification(key): niin‧ku
Conjunction
niinku (colloquial)
- Alternative form of niin kuin
- Tytöt on vähän niinku kissatkin, ne tykkää siitä kun niitä pitää hyvänä.
- Girls are kinda like cats, they like it when you caress them.
- Olin niinku "en mä tiiä".
- I was like "I don't know".
Particle
niinku (colloquial)
- like (used when hesitating or as filler; mild intensifier; indicating approximation or uncertainty; used to precede paraphrased quotations)
- Sun on niinku unohdettava se.
- You've got to, like, forget it/her/him.
- Siellä oli niinku viis ihmistä.
- There were like five people in there.
Further reading
- “niinku”, 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 2023-07-03
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