Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kaikki, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kajakei.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯kːi/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯kːi]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑikːi
  • Syllabification(key): kaik‧ki

Pronoun edit

kaikki

  1. (indefinite, in singular, without a main word) everything
    Tänään kaikki menee pieleen.
    Today everything goes wrong.
    Vihaan kaikkea.
    I hate everything.
    eikä tässä vielä kaikkibut wait, there's more (literally, “and this is not everything yet”)
  2. (indefinite, in plural, without a main word) everyone, everybody
    Kaikki olivat täällä.
    Everyone was here.
    Vihaan kaikkia.
    I hate everyone.
  3. (in compounds) all-, omni-

Determiner edit

kaikki

  1. all
    Kaikki sukkani löytyivät.
    All my socks were found.
    Yhtäkkiä kaikki vesi vyöryi huoneistoon.
    Suddenly all the water ran into the apartment.

Usage notes edit

  • The pronoun also has the nominative plural form kaiket, which is used only in some phrases, e.g. kaiket päivät (every day, all the time, day after day, for days on end).

Declension edit

Also inflects in the rare -ti case similar to abessive: kaiketi.

Synonyms edit

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of "all, everything"): mikään
  • (antonym(s) of "everyone"): kukaan

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