kaks
English
Noun
kaks
- plural of kak
Anagrams
Estonian
| 20 | ||
| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: kaks Ordinal: teine Multiplier: kahekordne Distributive: kahekaupa, paarikaupa Collective adverbial: kahekesi Fractional: pool | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kakta. The final vowel was modified by analogy with *ükci (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑks]
- Rhymes: -ɑks
- Hyphenation: kaks
Numeral
kaks (genitive kahe, partitive kaht or kahte)
Declension
| 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 | |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “kaks”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑ̝ks̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑks
- Syllabification(key): kaks
- Hyphenation(key): kaks
Numeral
kaks
- (colloquial or dialectal) alternative form of kaksi
Declension
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.
Declension of kaks
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kaks”, 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
Ingrian
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : kaks Ordinal : toin Fractional : pooli | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta. Cognates include Finnish kaksi and Estonian kaks.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑks̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑks/, [ˈkɑkʃ]
- Rhymes: -ɑks
- Hyphenation: kaks
Numeral
kaks
- 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
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “каксъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703
- 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