Finnish

(index ku)

Noun

kuolema

1. death, demise, decease

   tuomita + genitive-accusative + kuolemaan = to sentence/condemn to death.

2. deathly (in attributive use: appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death)

   Hän on kuolemankalpea.

   He has a deathly pallor.

Declension

Synonyms

• (death; euphemistic): poismeno
• (death; poetic): kuolo
• (death; archaic): tuoni

Derived terms

Compounds