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-kkain

-kkain

See also: -kkäin

Finnish

Suffix

-kkain (front vowel harmony variant -kkäin)

  1. Forms situative adverbs.
    kasvot (face) → kasvokkain (face to face)
    vieri (side) → vierekkäin (side by side)

Usage notes

  • The case is applied only a limited number of words. Inflected forms are mostly singular, but some words have also a plural form.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_suffixed_with_-kkain'>Finnish words suffixed with -kkain</a>