tiukka
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See also: Tiukka
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Swedish thiokker, thiukker (“thick, fat”) and Old Norse þjukkr, þykkr), but this is semantically dubious.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tiukka (comparative tiukempi, superlative tiukin)
- tight (firmly held, pulled or pushed together)
- taut, tense, tight, strict (under tension)
- dense, compact, solid
- strict (governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules)
- (of a turn) sharp (steep; precipitous; abrupt)
- Synonyms: jyrkkä, äkkinäinen
- Antonym: loiva
- (in locative cases) tight, meager
- (figuratively) tight, tough, hard, difficult, challenging
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tiukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | tiukka | tiukat | |
genitive | tiukan | tiukkojen | |
partitive | tiukkaa | tiukkoja | |
illative | tiukkaan | tiukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tiukka | tiukat | |
accusative | nom. | tiukka | tiukat |
gen. | tiukan | ||
genitive | tiukan | tiukkojen tiukkain rare | |
partitive | tiukkaa | tiukkoja | |
inessive | tiukassa | tiukoissa | |
elative | tiukasta | tiukoista | |
illative | tiukkaan | tiukkoihin | |
adessive | tiukalla | tiukoilla | |
ablative | tiukalta | tiukoilta | |
allative | tiukalle | tiukoille | |
essive | tiukkana | tiukkoina | |
translative | tiukaksi | tiukoiksi | |
abessive | tiukatta | tiukoitta | |
instructive | — | tiukoin | |
comitative | — | tiukkoine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “tiukka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (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