tuiki
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Akin to tuikea, perhaps from a common root *tui with tuima.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tuiki
Usage notes[edit]
Most often used alliteratively with adjectives beginning with t-. Compare täpö, typö.
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tuiki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tuiki
- present active indicative connegative of tuikkia
- Tähdet eivät tuiki avaruudessa.
- Stars don't twinkle in the space.
- second-person singular present imperative of tuikkia
- Tuiki, tuiki, tähtönen.
- Twinkle, twinkle little star.
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of tuikkia