etenkin

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Finnish

Etymology

eten +‎ -kin, from the instructive singular of esi-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeteŋkin/, [ˈe̞t̪e̞ŋk̟in]
Rhymes: -eteŋkin
Syllabification^(key): e‧ten‧kin

Adverb

etenkin (not comparable)

(chiefly in the positive) especially, particularly, notably
Synonyms: varsinkin, erityisesti, (dated) erittäinkin, eritoten, olletikin

Antonyms: etenkään, varsinkaan

Usage notes

polarity pair	positive	etenkin
polarity pair	negative	etenkään

Declension

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	esi-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	edes	–
inessive	edessä	–	temporal	–	–
elative	edestä	–	causative	–	–
illative	eteen	esiin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	edellä	esillä	distributive	–	–
ablative	edeltä	esiltä	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	edelle	esille	prolative	editse	–
essive	–	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	etenkin etenkään	–
comitative	–	–

Further reading

“etenkin”, 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 2023-07-02

Anagrams

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