-ks

-ks

See also: ks, KS, kS, ks., Ks., ḳs, kš, k's, and K's

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]

Particle

-ks

1. (colloquial, enclitic) Contraction of -kos.

   löytyyks mitää? are you finding anything?

Usage notes

Not subject to vowel harmony; both -kos and -kös become -ks.

See also

• -ko
• § 837 Liitepartikkeli -s kysymyssanoissa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ks/, [-ks̠]

Suffix

-ks

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of -ksi.

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ksi. Cognates include Finnish -ksi and Estonian -ks.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-ksi/, [-ks̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-ks/, [-kʃ]

Suffix

-ks

1. Used to form the translative case.
2. (folk poetic, obsolete) Together with a possessive suffix, used to form the long first infinitive with the meaning "in order to".
   • “Pääskölintu päivälintu”‎:

     Etsi maata maataksee, murroa muniaksee.

     She was searching for land to lie down [on], for a lawn to lay eggs [on].

Usage notes

• In the Soikkola dialect, in the function of the translative case, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.

Inflection

Possessive forms of -ks
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	-kseen	-ksemme
2nd person	-ksees	-ksenne
3rd person	-ksee	-ksesse

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44