liki-

See also: liki, līķi, and līķī

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liki, from Proto-Finno-Permic *like. Cognates include Estonian ligi, Ingrian liki, Votic litši and Northern Sami lahka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki-/, [ˈlik̟i-]

Prefix

liki-

1. nearly, almost, close to

   Synonym: (much more common) lähi-

Inflection

Declension of liki- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative liki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative liki – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive likellä – distributive – – ablative likeltä – temp. dist. – – allative likelle – prolative likitse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The cases of liki- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Derived terms

• liittää
• likeinen
• likempi
• likin

 

compounds

• likiarvo
• likimääräinen
• likinäköinen

 

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Anagrams

• ilki, kili