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tuki
tuki
See also: tự kỉ
Finnish
(index tu)
Etymology 1
Unknown, but cognate to Estonian and Veps tugi, Votic tugõ, and Livonian tiʼg (with an irregular front vowel).
Noun
tuki
- support
- back, backing
- Jos joskus tarvitset apua, niin pyydä. Tiedät, että minulla on sinun tukesi.
- If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.
- Jos joskus tarvitset apua, niin pyydä. Tiedät, että minulla on sinun tukesi.
- strut, prop, crutch
- (social) allowance, dole, benefit
- Katja nostaa tukia.
- Katja is on the dole (lit. "withdraws allowances").
- Katja nostaa tukia.
Declension
| Inflection of tuki (Kotus type 7/ovi, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tuki | tuet | |
| genitive | tuen | tukien | |
| partitive | tukea | tukia | |
| illative | tukeen | tukiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuki | tuet | |
| accusative | nom. | tuki | tuet |
| gen. | tuen | ||
| genitive | tuen | tukien | |
| partitive | tukea | tukia | |
| inessive | tuessa | tuissa | |
| elative | tuesta | tuista | |
| illative | tukeen | tukiin | |
| adessive | tuella | tuilla | |
| ablative | tuelta | tuilta | |
| allative | tuelle | tuille | |
| essive | tukena | tukina | |
| translative | tueksi | tuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tuin | |
| abessive | tuetta | tuitta | |
| comitative | — | tukineen | |
Verb
tuki
- Third-person singular indicative past form of tukea.
Etymology 2
Verb
tuki
- Second-person singular indicative past form of tukkia.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tukkia.
- Plural imperative present connegative form of tukkia.