neukku
Finnish
Etymology
Contraction of neuvostoliittolainen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneu̯kːu/, [ˈne̞u̯kːu]
- Rhymes: -kːu
- Hyphenation: neuk‧ku
Noun
neukku
- (colloquial) A Soviet citizen.
- (in the plural, informal) Soviet Union
- Kävitkö usein neukuissa?
- Did you often visit the Soviet Union?
Declension
| Inflection of neukku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | neukku | neukut | |
| genitive | neukun | neukkujen | |
| partitive | neukkua | neukkuja | |
| illative | neukkuun | neukkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neukku | neukut | |
| accusative | nom. | neukku | neukut |
| gen. | neukun | ||
| genitive | neukun | neukkujen | |
| partitive | neukkua | neukkuja | |
| inessive | neukussa | neukuissa | |
| elative | neukusta | neukuista | |
| illative | neukkuun | neukkuihin | |
| adessive | neukulla | neukuilla | |
| ablative | neukulta | neukuilta | |
| allative | neukulle | neukuille | |
| essive | neukkuna | neukkuina | |
| translative | neukuksi | neukuiksi | |
| instructive | — | neukuin | |
| abessive | neukutta | neukuitta | |
| comitative | — | neukkuineen | |
Synonyms
- neuvostoliittolainen