olla sukua

Finnish

Etymology

olla (“to be”) sukua (“of family”)

Verb

olla sukua

  1. to be kin to, be related to, be relative of (+ allative) (to belong to same family)
    Synonym: olla sukulainen
    Työtoverini on sukua vaimolleni.
    My colleague is kin to my wife.
  2. (linguistics) to be cognate to or with (+ allative)
    Englannin mother on sukua kreikan sanalle μητέρα (mētéra).
    English mother is cognate to Greek μητέρα (mētéra).

Conjugation

See olla. sukua is not inflected.

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