-ks
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ks"
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction of -kos
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
-ks (colloquial, enclitic particle)
Usage notes edit
- Not subject to vowel harmony; both -kos and -kös become -ks.
- Even though etymologically -ks contains the clitic -s, in practice it is used colloquially as a general interrogative clitic and is as neutral as -ko (other than being colloquial).
See also edit
- Auli Hakulinen; Maria Vilkuna; Riitta Korhonen; Vesa Koivisto; Tarja Riitta Heinonen; Irja Alho (2004), “§ 837 Liitepartikkeli -s kysymyssanoissa”, in Iso suomen kielioppi[1], Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ks (colloquial, dialectal)
- Alternative form of -ksi.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *-ksi. Cognates include Finnish -ksi and Estonian -ks.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ks
- Used to form the translative case.
- (folk poetic, obsolete) Together with a possessive suffix, used to form the long first infinitive with the meaning "in order to".
- 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oute Loan kylästä, “1140. Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[2], volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
- Etsi maata maataksee // Lehtoa levätäksee
- She searched for land to lie down // For woods to take a break
Usage notes edit
- In the Soikkola dialect, in the function of the translative case, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.
Inflection edit
Possessive forms of -ks | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -kseen | -ksemme |
2nd person | -ksees | -ksenne |
3rd person | -ksee | -ksesse |
References edit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44