auki
See also: Auki
Finnish
Etymology
auk- + -i
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯ki]
- Rhymes: -ɑuki
- Syllabification(key): au‧ki
Adverb
auki
- open (not closed or locked)
- Ovi oli auki.
- The door was open.
- Kauppa on auki yhdeksään.
- The shop is open until nine o'clock.
- untied, unbuttoned
- up in the air, open (not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain)
- Luulen, että voin tehdä sen nopeasti, mutta tarkka aikataulu on vielä auki.
- I think I can do it quickly, but the exact schedule is still up in the air.
- Kysymys on edelleen auki.
- The question is still open.
- on, turned on (especially of a device used to receive communications)
- Pidän veneessä aina VHF:n auki.
- When in boat, I always keep the VHF turned on.
- Keittiössä oli radio auki.
- In the kitchen, the radio was on.
- (colloquial) broke, busted, skint
- Olen aivan auki.
- I'm completely busted.
Usage notes
In English, "open" is an adjective. The Finnish adjective meaning "open" is avoin.
Synonyms
- (not closed): avoinna
- (turned on): päällä
Antonyms
- kiinni
Related terms
- aueta
- avata
Anagrams
- kaiu
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøyːcɪ/
- Rhymes: -øyːcɪ
Noun
auki m (genitive singular auka, nominative plural aukar)
- increase, addition
Declension
declension of auki
m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | auki | aukinn | aukar | aukarnir |
accusative | auka | aukann | auka | aukana |
dative | auka | aukanum | aukum | aukunum |
genitive | auka | aukans | auka | aukanna |
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish auki and Karelian auki.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯k]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯ɡ̊i]
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯ki
- Hyphenation: au‧ki
Adverb
auki
- open
- (phonology) open (ending in a vowel)
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:
- Sloga ono auki, sentää ono vahva steeppeni kk (ka-lak-ka-han), ku sloga ono kiin (ka-la-kas), ni ono yks k, ono slaaboi steeppeni.
- The syllable is open, therefore it has the strong grade kk (ka-lak-ka-han), when the syllable is closed (ka-la-kas), it thus has one k, it has the weak grade.
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Synonyms
- (not closed): lahti
Antonyms
- (not closed): kiin
- (ending in a vowel): kiin
See also
- avattu (“open”), salvattu (“closed”)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 23
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 81
Old Norse
Verb
auki
- third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of auka