See also: käks, kåks, kakš, and kaks'

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Noun

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kaks

  1. plural of kak

Estonian

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Estonian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: kaks
    Ordinal: teine
    Multiplier: kahekordne
    Distributive: kahekesi, kahekaupa, paarikaupa
    Fractional: pool

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kakta. The final vowel was modified by analogy with *ükci (one).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑks]
  • Rhymes: -ɑks
  • Hyphenation: kaks

Numeral

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kaks (genitive kahe, partitive kaht or kahte)

  1. two

Declension

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Declension of kaks (ÕS type 22/põu, irregular gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaks kahed
accusative nom.
gen. kahe
genitive kahtede
partitive kahte kahtesid
illative kahte
kahesse
kahtedesse
inessive kahes kahtedes
elative kahest kahtedest
allative kahele kahtedele
adessive kahel kahtedel
ablative kahelt kahtedelt
translative kaheks kahtedeks
terminative kaheni kahtedeni
essive kahena kahtedena
abessive kaheta kahtedeta
comitative kahega kahtedega

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References

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑ̝ks̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑks
  • Syllabification(key): kaks

Numeral

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kaks

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kaksi

Declension

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The declension presented in the table below is only one possibility. Colloquial Finnish declension is not standardized and depends on the region and the speaker. Different variations of the same form may be used by the same speaker, even within the same sentence.

Derived terms

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Ingrian

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Ingrian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : kaks
    Ordinal : toin
    Fractional : pooli

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta. Cognates include Finnish kaksi and Estonian kaks.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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kaks

  1. two
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:
      Yks, kaks, kolt.
      One, two, three.

Declension

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Declension of kaks (type 9/yks, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaks kahet
genitive kahen kaksiin
partitive kahta kaksia
illative kahtee kaksii
inessive kahes kaksiis
elative kahest kaksist
allative kahelle kaksille
adessive kahel kaksiil
ablative kahelt kaksilt
translative kaheks kaksiks
essive kahtenna, kahteen kaksinna, kaksiin
exessive1) kahtent kaksint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 92
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 125
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[3], →ISBN, page 78