kukin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkukin/, [ˈkuk̟in]
• Rhymes: -ukin
• Syllabification^(key): ku‧kin

Etymology 1

kuka +‎ -kin

Pronoun

kukin

1. (indefinite) each

   Kukin niistä maksoi 50 (viisikymmentä) senttiä.

   Each of them costs 50 cents.

   On noin 250 eri vähemmistöryhmää, joihin kuhunkin kuuluu alle 100 henkilöä.

   There are about 250 different minority groups, to each of which belongs under 100 people.

   Kullakin yksilöllä on oikeus elämään.

   Each individual has the right to live.

Usage notes

• kukin has also plural forms. They are used, for example, with words that are used only in the plural: kutkin häät (“each (of the) wedding(s)”).

Inflection

Declension of kukin noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative kukin kutkin superessive – – genitive kunkin kuidenkin kuittenkin delative – – partitive kutakin kuitakin sublative kunnekin – accusative kukin kunkin kutkin lative – – inessive kussakin kuissakin temporal kulloinkin – elative kustakin kuistakin causative – kuitenkin illative kuhunkin kuihinkin multiplicative – – adessive kullakin kuillakin distributive – – ablative kultakin kuiltakin temp. dist. – – allative kullekin kuillekin prolative – – essive kunakin kuinakin situative – – translative kuksikin kuiksikin oppositive – – abessive (kuttakin) (kuittakin) instructive – kuinkin comitative – –

The abessive singular and plural and sublative singular are rare.

The inflectional stem is ku- for all forms, unlike with kuka and kukaan.

Derived terms

• kuitenkin

 

compounds

• itsekukin
• kunkinkertainen

 

Related terms

polarity pair	positive	kukin
	negative	kukaan

Pronouns with same stems:

• joku
• jompikumpi
• kuka
• kumpi
• kumpikaan
• kumpikin

Further reading

• “kukin”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Noun

kukin

1. instructive plural of kukka

   Piha oli koristeltu kukin.

   The courtyard was decorated with flowers.

Etymology 3

Verb

kukin

1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kukkia

Anagrams

• nukki