tykkänään
Finnish
Etymology
The singular essive of tykkä- with a possessive suffix; the root is probably akin to tykky, and the word as a whole may have been influenced by tyystin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtykːænæːn/, [ˈt̪ykːænæːn]
- Rhymes: -ykːænæːn
- Syllabification(key): tyk‧kä‧nään
- Hyphenation(key): tyk‧kä‧nään
Adverb
tykkänään
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
- “tykkänään”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023