ei enää käkeä kukuta

Finnish

Etymology

By the implication that a person who is about to die won't make it to the next time the cuckoos will sing (i.e. late spring to summer).

Verb

ei enää käkeä kukuta (literally, “won't make the cuckoo sing anymore”)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) to be close to dying, be in very poor health

Conjugation

Always used in negative. See kukuttaa.