hokea
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hokedak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šoke-, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).
Verb
hokea
- To repeat (utter over and over again).
- To parrot (to repeat without understanding).
- To cuckoo (to repeat incessantly).
- To roll (to utter copiously, especially with sounding words).
Conjugation
| Inflection of hokea (Kotus type 58/laskea, k- gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | hoen | en hoe | 1st sing. | olen hokenut | en ole hokenut | |
| 2nd sing. | hoet | et hoe | 2nd sing. | olet hokenut | et ole hokenut | |
| 3rd sing. | hokee | ei hoe | 3rd sing. | on hokenut | ei ole hokenut | |
| 1st plur. | hoemme | emme hoe | 1st plur. | olemme hokeneet | emme ole hokeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | hoette | ette hoe | 2nd plur. | olette hokeneet | ette ole hokeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | hokevat | eivät hoe | 3rd plur. | ovat hokeneet | eivät ole hokeneet | |
| passive | hoetaan | ei hoeta | passive | on hoettu | ei ole hoettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | hoin | en hokenut | 1st sing. | olin hokenut | en ollut hokenut | |
| 2nd sing. | hoit | et hokenut | 2nd sing. | olit hokenut | et ollut hokenut | |
| 3rd sing. | hoki | ei hokenut | 3rd sing. | oli hokenut | ei ollut hokenut | |
| 1st plur. | hoimme | emme hokeneet | 1st plur. | olimme hokeneet | emme olleet hokeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | hoitte | ette hokeneet | 2nd plur. | olitte hokeneet | ette olleet hokeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | hokivat | eivät hokeneet | 3rd plur. | olivat hokeneet | eivät olleet hokeneet | |
| passive | hoettiin | ei hoettu | passive | oli hoettu | ei ollut hoettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | hokisin | en hokisi | 1st sing. | olisin hokenut | en olisi hokenut | |
| 2nd sing. | hokisit | et hokisi | 2nd sing. | olisit hokenut | et olisi hokenut | |
| 3rd sing. | hokisi | ei hokisi | 3rd sing. | olisi hokenut | ei olisi hokenut | |
| 1st plur. | hokisimme | emme hokisi | 1st plur. | olisimme hokeneet | emme olisi hokeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | hokisitte | ette hokisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte hokeneet | ette olisi hokeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | hokisivat | eivät hokisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat hokeneet | eivät olisi hokeneet | |
| passive | hoettaisiin | ei hoettaisi | passive | olisi hoettu | ei olisi hoettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | hoe | älä hoe | 2nd sing. | ole hokenut | älä ole hokenut | |
| 3rd sing. | hokekoon | älköön hokeko | 3rd sing. | olkoon hokenut | älköön olko hokenut | |
| 1st plur. | hokekaamme | älkäämme hokeko | 1st plur. | olkaamme hokeneet | älkäämme olko hokeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | hokekaa | älkää hokeko | 2nd plur. | olkaa hokeneet | älkää olko hokeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | hokekoot | älkööt hokeko | 3rd plur. | olkoot hokeneet | älkööt olko hokeneet | |
| passive | hoettakoon | älköön hoettako | passive | olkoon hoettu | älköön olko hoettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | hokenen | en hokene | 1st sing. | lienen hokenut | en liene hokenut | |
| 2nd sing. | hokenet | et hokene | 2nd sing. | lienet hokenut | et liene hokenut | |
| 3rd sing. | hokenee | ei hokene | 3rd sing. | lienee hokenut | ei liene hokenut | |
| 1st plur. | hokenemme | emme hokene | 1st plur. | lienemme hokeneet | emme liene hokeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | hokenette | ette hokene | 2nd plur. | lienette hokeneet | ette liene hokeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | hokenevat | eivät hokene | 3rd plur. | lienevät hokeneet | eivät liene hokeneet | |
| passive | hoettaneen | ei hoettane | passive | lienee hoettu | ei liene hoettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | hokea | present | hokeva | hoettava | ||
| long 1st2 | hokeakseen | past | hokenut | hoettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | hokiessa | hoettaessa | agent1, 3 | hokema | |
| instructive | hokien | — | negative | hokematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | hokemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | hokemasta | — | ||||
| illative | hokemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | hokemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | hokematta | — | ||||
| instructive | hokeman | hoettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | hokeminen | ||||
| partitive | hokemista | |||||
| 5th2 | hokemaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- hokema