karku

karku

Finnish

Noun

karku

1. flight (escape); mostly used in inessive and illative singular like an adverb, for usage see karussa, karkuun.
2. high or full speed, gallop; mostly used idiomatically in the expression täyttä karkua (“at full speed”).

Declension

Inflection of karku (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation)
nominative		karku	karut
genitive		karun	karkujen
partitive		karkua	karkuja
illative		karkuun	karkuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		karku	karut
accusative	nom.	karku	karut
	gen.	karun
genitive		karun	karkujen
partitive		karkua	karkuja
inessive		karussa	karuissa
elative		karusta	karuista
illative		karkuun	karkuihin
adessive		karulla	karuilla
ablative		karulta	karuilta
allative		karulle	karuille
essive		karkuna	karkuina
translative		karuksi	karuiksi
instructive		—	karuin
abessive		karutta	karuitta
comitative		—	karkuineen

Synonyms

• (flight): pako
• (gallop): laukka, neli
• (high speed): kova vauhti

Derived terms

Derived terms

• karkulainen
• karkumatka
• karkuretki
• karkuri

• karkuruus
• karkuteillä
• olla karussa
• täyttä karkua

Related terms

• karata

Anagrams

• arkku, kakru, rukka

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ku/

Noun

karku m

1. genitive singular of kark
2. locative singular of kark
3. vocative singular of kark