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Definition 2025
naku
naku
Finnish
Adjective
naku (comparative nakumpi, superlative nakuin)
Declension
| Inflection of naku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | naku | nakut | |
| genitive | nakun | nakujen | |
| partitive | nakua | nakuja | |
| illative | nakuun | nakuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | naku | nakut | |
| accusative | nom. | naku | nakut |
| gen. | nakun | ||
| genitive | nakun | nakujen | |
| partitive | nakua | nakuja | |
| inessive | nakussa | nakuissa | |
| elative | nakusta | nakuista | |
| illative | nakuun | nakuihin | |
| adessive | nakulla | nakuilla | |
| ablative | nakulta | nakuilta | |
| allative | nakulle | nakuille | |
| essive | nakuna | nakuina | |
| translative | nakuksi | nakuiksi | |
| instructive | — | nakuin | |
| abessive | nakutta | nakuitta | |
| comitative | — | nakuine | |
Synonyms
- (naked): alaston
Derived terms
- nakuilla
- nakuilu
- nakupelle
Etymology 2
From nakutus (“knocking, diesel knock”)
Noun
naku
- (colloquial) diesel car (automobile powered with a diesel engine)
- (colloquial) diesel engine
Declension
| Inflection of naku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | naku | nakut | |
| genitive | nakun | nakujen | |
| partitive | nakua | nakuja | |
| illative | nakuun | nakuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | naku | nakut | |
| accusative | nom. | naku | nakut |
| gen. | nakun | ||
| genitive | nakun | nakujen | |
| partitive | nakua | nakuja | |
| inessive | nakussa | nakuissa | |
| elative | nakusta | nakuista | |
| illative | nakuun | nakuihin | |
| adessive | nakulla | nakuilla | |
| ablative | nakulta | nakuilta | |
| allative | nakulle | nakuille | |
| essive | nakuna | nakuina | |
| translative | nakuksi | nakuiksi | |
| instructive | — | nakuin | |
| abessive | nakutta | nakuitta | |
| comitative | — | nakuineen | |
Synonyms
- (diesel car): diesel, dieselauto
- (diesel engine): diesel, dieselmoottori