kukin

Finnish

Etymology 1

kuka +‎ -kin

Pronoun

kukin

  1. (indefinite) each:
    • Kukin niistä maksoi 50 (= viisikymmentä) senttiä.
      • Each of them cost 50 cents.
    • On noin 250 eri vähemmistöryhmää, joihin kuhunkin kuuluu alle 100 henkilöä.
      • There are about 250 different minority groups, to each of which belongs under 100 people.
    • Kullakin yksilöllä on oikeus elämään.
      • Each individual has the right to live.
Usage notes
  • Kukin has also plural forms, which are used e.g. in words that are used only in plural: kutkin häät, each (of the) wedding(s).
Inflection
Declension of kukin
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative kukin kutkinsuperessive – –
genitive kunkin kuidenkin
kuittenkin		delative – –
partitive kutakin kuitakinsublative kunnekin –
accusative kukin
kunkin		 kutkinlative – –
inessive kussakin kuissakintemporal kulloinkin –
elative kustakin kuistakincausative – kuitenkin
illative kuhunkin kuihinkinmultiplicative – –
adessive kullakin kuillakindistributive – –
ablative kultakin kuiltakintemp. dist. – –
allative kullekin kuillekinprolative – –
essive kunakin kuinakinsituative – –
translative kuksikin kuiksikinoppositive – –
instructive – kuinkin
abessive (kuttakin) (kuittakin)
comitative – –

The abessive singular and plural and sublative singular are rare.

Pronouns with same stems:

Noun

kukin

  1. Instructive plural form of kukka.
    • Piha oli koristeltu kukin.
      • The courtyard was decorated with flowers.

Verb

kukin

  1. First-person singular indicative present form of kukkia.
  2. First-person singular indicative past form of kukkia.

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