Definify.com
Definition 2024
alku
alku
Finnish
Noun
alku
- A start, beginning, inception, incipience.
- When used as modifier in compound terms, first, prime, primeval, primordial etc.
- elämän alkumuodot = primeval forms of life
Declension
| Inflection of alku (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alku | alut | |
| genitive | alun | alkujen | |
| partitive | alkua | alkuja | |
| illative | alkuun | alkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | alku | alut | |
| accusative | nom. | alku | alut |
| gen. | alun | ||
| genitive | alun | alkujen | |
| partitive | alkua | alkuja | |
| inessive | alussa | aluissa | |
| elative | alusta | aluista | |
| illative | alkuun | alkuihin | |
| adessive | alulla | aluilla | |
| ablative | alulta | aluilta | |
| allative | alulle | aluille | |
| essive | alkuna | alkuina | |
| translative | aluksi | aluiksi | |
| instructive | — | aluin | |
| abessive | alutta | aluitta | |
| comitative | — | alkuineen | |
Derived terms
Compounds
compounds
|
|
|
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Ugric *alɜ- (“add, fasten to, fit”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlku]
- Hyphenation: al‧ku
Noun
alku (plural alkuk)
- bargain, deal
- áll az alku! - it's a deal!
- negotiation, bargaining
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alku | alkuk |
| accusative | alkut | alkukat |
| dative | alkunak | alkuknak |
| instrumental | alkuval | alkukkal |
| causal-final | alkuért | alkukért |
| translative | alkuvá | alkukká |
| terminative | alkuig | alkukig |
| essive-formal | alkuként | alkukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | alkuban | alkukban |
| superessive | alkun | alkukon |
| adessive | alkunál | alkuknál |
| illative | alkuba | alkukba |
| sublative | alkura | alkukra |
| allative | alkuhoz | alkukhoz |
| elative | alkuból | alkukból |
| delative | alkuról | alkukról |
| ablative | alkutól | alkuktól |
| Possessive forms of alku | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | alkum | alkuim |
| 2nd person sing. | alkud | alkuid |
| 3rd person sing. | alkuja | alkui |
| 1st person plural | alkunk | alkuink |
| 2nd person plural | alkutok | alkuitok |
| 3rd person plural | alkujuk | alkuik |
References
- ↑ Entry #1721 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.