koukku
Finnish
Etymology
Cognate with kuokka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkou̯kːu/, [ˈko̞u̯kːu]
- Hyphenation: kouk‧ku
Noun
koukku
- hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
- hook (fishhook)
- hook (boxing punch)
- (idiomatic) addiction; used in inessive, elative and illative similarly to English hooked (“unable to resist or cease doing”):
- Olen koukussa Conan O'Brienin ohjelmaan.
- I'm hooked on the Conan O' Brien show.
- Olen koukussa Conan O'Brienin ohjelmaan.
- (typography) cedilla, hook (loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters)
- (slang) police
Declension
| Inflection of koukku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | koukku | koukut | |
| genitive | koukun | koukkujen | |
| partitive | koukkua | koukkuja | |
| illative | koukkuun | koukkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koukku | koukut | |
| accusative | nom. | koukku | koukut |
| gen. | koukun | ||
| genitive | koukun | koukkujen | |
| partitive | koukkua | koukkuja | |
| inessive | koukussa | koukuissa | |
| elative | koukusta | koukuista | |
| illative | koukkuun | koukkuihin | |
| adessive | koukulla | koukuilla | |
| ablative | koukulta | koukuilta | |
| allative | koukulle | koukuille | |
| essive | koukkuna | koukkuina | |
| translative | koukuksi | koukuiksi | |
| instructive | — | koukuin | |
| abessive | koukutta | koukuitta | |
| comitative | — | koukkuineen | |
Synonyms
- (fishhook): ongenkoukku
- (cedilla): sedilji
- (police): poliisi
Compounds
- koukkunokka
- koukkunokkamuura
- koukkuselkä
- nostokoukku
- ongenkoukku
- sormikoukku
- taulukoukku
- vetokoukku
- virkkuukoukku
- voikoukku
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