ukkeli
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
ukko (“old man”) + -eli (diminutive)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ukkeli
- (colloquial) old man
- man (little man or man-like creature, especially one from outer space)
- Avaruusolennot kuvataan usein pieninä vihreinä ukkeleina.
- Space creatures are often depicted as little green men.
Declension edit
Inflection of ukkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ukkeli | ukkelit | ||
genitive | ukkelin | ukkelien ukkeleiden ukkeleitten | ||
partitive | ukkelia | ukkeleita ukkeleja | ||
illative | ukkeliin | ukkeleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ukkeli | ukkelit | ||
accusative | nom. | ukkeli | ukkelit | |
gen. | ukkelin | |||
genitive | ukkelin | ukkelien ukkeleiden ukkeleitten | ||
partitive | ukkelia | ukkeleita ukkeleja | ||
inessive | ukkelissa | ukkeleissa | ||
elative | ukkelista | ukkeleista | ||
illative | ukkeliin | ukkeleihin | ||
adessive | ukkelilla | ukkeleilla | ||
ablative | ukkelilta | ukkeleilta | ||
allative | ukkelille | ukkeleille | ||
essive | ukkelina | ukkeleina | ||
translative | ukkeliksi | ukkeleiksi | ||
abessive | ukkelitta | ukkeleitta | ||
instructive | — | ukkelein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “ukkeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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