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Definition 2024
kuhkia
kuhkia
Finnish
Verb
kuhkia (intransitive)
- to stay up late at night, especially doing one's chores, pottering around
- Aikaero vaivasi ja kuhkin keittiössä lähes koko yön.
- I was suffering of jetlag and pottered around the kitchen almost all night.
- Aikaero vaivasi ja kuhkin keittiössä lähes koko yön.
- to sneak around
- Joku kuhkii eteisessä.
- Somebody is sneaking around in the hall.
- Joku kuhkii eteisessä.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kuhkia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuhkin | en kuhki | 1st sing. | olen kuhkinut | en ole kuhkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuhkit | et kuhki | 2nd sing. | olet kuhkinut | et ole kuhkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuhkii | ei kuhki | 3rd sing. | on kuhkinut | ei ole kuhkinut | |
| 1st plur. | kuhkimme | emme kuhki | 1st plur. | olemme kuhkineet | emme ole kuhkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuhkitte | ette kuhki | 2nd plur. | olette kuhkineet | ette ole kuhkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuhkivat | eivät kuhki | 3rd plur. | ovat kuhkineet | eivät ole kuhkineet | |
| passive | kuhkitaan | ei kuhkita | passive | on kuhkittu | ei ole kuhkittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuhkin | en kuhkinut | 1st sing. | olin kuhkinut | en ollut kuhkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuhkit | et kuhkinut | 2nd sing. | olit kuhkinut | et ollut kuhkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuhki | ei kuhkinut | 3rd sing. | oli kuhkinut | ei ollut kuhkinut | |
| 1st plur. | kuhkimme | emme kuhkineet | 1st plur. | olimme kuhkineet | emme olleet kuhkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuhkitte | ette kuhkineet | 2nd plur. | olitte kuhkineet | ette olleet kuhkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuhkivat | eivät kuhkineet | 3rd plur. | olivat kuhkineet | eivät olleet kuhkineet | |
| passive | kuhkittiin | ei kuhkittu | passive | oli kuhkittu | ei ollut kuhkittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuhkisin | en kuhkisi | 1st sing. | olisin kuhkinut | en olisi kuhkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuhkisit | et kuhkisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kuhkinut | et olisi kuhkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuhkisi | ei kuhkisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kuhkinut | ei olisi kuhkinut | |
| 1st plur. | kuhkisimme | emme kuhkisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kuhkineet | emme olisi kuhkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuhkisitte | ette kuhkisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kuhkineet | ette olisi kuhkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuhkisivat | eivät kuhkisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kuhkineet | eivät olisi kuhkineet | |
| passive | kuhkittaisiin | ei kuhkittaisi | passive | olisi kuhkittu | ei olisi kuhkittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kuhki | älä kuhki | 2nd sing. | ole kuhkinut | älä ole kuhkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuhkikoon | älköön kuhkiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kuhkinut | älköön olko kuhkinut | |
| 1st plur. | kuhkikaamme | älkäämme kuhkiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kuhkineet | älkäämme olko kuhkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuhkikaa | älkää kuhkiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kuhkineet | älkää olko kuhkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuhkikoot | älkööt kuhkiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kuhkineet | älkööt olko kuhkineet | |
| passive | kuhkittakoon | älköön kuhkittako | passive | olkoon kuhkittu | älköön olko kuhkittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuhkinen | en kuhkine | 1st sing. | lienen kuhkinut | en liene kuhkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuhkinet | et kuhkine | 2nd sing. | lienet kuhkinut | et liene kuhkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuhkinee | ei kuhkine | 3rd sing. | lienee kuhkinut | ei liene kuhkinut | |
| 1st plur. | kuhkinemme | emme kuhkine | 1st plur. | lienemme kuhkineet | emme liene kuhkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuhkinette | ette kuhkine | 2nd plur. | lienette kuhkineet | ette liene kuhkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuhkinevat | eivät kuhkine | 3rd plur. | lienevät kuhkineet | eivät liene kuhkineet | |
| passive | kuhkittaneen | ei kuhkittane | passive | lienee kuhkittu | ei liene kuhkittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kuhkia | present | kuhkiva | kuhkittava | ||
| long 1st2 | kuhkiakseen | past | kuhkinut | kuhkittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kuhkiessa | kuhkittaessa | agent1, 3 | kuhkima | |
| instructive | kuhkien | — | negative | kuhkimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kuhkimassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | kuhkimasta | — | ||||
| illative | kuhkimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kuhkimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kuhkimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kuhkiman | kuhkittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kuhkiminen | ||||
| partitive | kuhkimista | |||||
| 5th2 | kuhkimaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to potter around): puuhailla, käpsehtiä
- (to sneak around): hiiviskellä, käpsehtiä