aakkonen
See also: ääkkönen
Finnish
Etymology
aa + -kko + -nen; from aa, the name of the letter A in Finnish. Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːkːonen/, [ˈɑːkːo̞ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːkːonen
- Syllabification(key): aak‧ko‧nen
Noun
aakkonen
- letter (symbol in an alphabet)
- (in the plural) alphabet, ABC (ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Synonyms: aakkosto, abc
- latinalaiset aakkoset ― Latin alphabet
- kyrilliset aakkoset ― Cyrillic alphabet
- (in the plural) elements, rudiments, ABC (basic tenets of an area of knowledge)
Declension
| Inflection of aakkonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aakkonen | aakkoset | |
| genitive | aakkosen | aakkosten aakkosien | |
| partitive | aakkosta | aakkosia | |
| illative | aakkoseen | aakkosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aakkonen | aakkoset | |
| accusative | nom. | aakkonen | aakkoset |
| gen. | aakkosen | ||
| genitive | aakkosen | aakkosten aakkosien | |
| partitive | aakkosta | aakkosia | |
| inessive | aakkosessa | aakkosissa | |
| elative | aakkosesta | aakkosista | |
| illative | aakkoseen | aakkosiin | |
| adessive | aakkosella | aakkosilla | |
| ablative | aakkoselta | aakkosilta | |
| allative | aakkoselle | aakkosille | |
| essive | aakkosena | aakkosina | |
| translative | aakkoseksi | aakkosiksi | |
| instructive | — | aakkosin | |
| abessive | aakkosetta | aakkositta | |
| comitative | — | aakkosineen | |
| Possessive forms of aakkonen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | aakkoseni | aakkosemme |
| 2nd person | aakkosesi | aakkosenne |
| 3rd person | aakkosensa | |
Derived terms
- adjectives: aakkosellinen
- adverbs: aakkosittain, aakkosellisesti
- nouns: aakkosto, aakkostus, aakkosellisuus
- verbs: aakkostaa
Compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- "aakkonen" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
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