alkuaan
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlkuɑːn/, [ˈɑ̝lkuɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑlkuɑːn
- Syllabification(key): al‧ku‧aan
- Hyphenation(key): al‧ku‧aan
Adverb
alkuaan (not comparable)
- originally, initially, at first
- Synonyms: see alun perin
Related terms
Noun
alkuaan
- third-person possessive form of partitive singular of alku
Further reading
- “alkuaan”, 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 2 July 2023