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kuka + ko, interrogative pronoun
Word analysis
keinekö

keinekö

kuka

Interrogative pronoun, Plural Comitative, Question clitic
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Wiktionary

(interrogative) who; (when followed by a modifier in elative case, -sta/-stä) which one (of + a noun referring to people). (indefinite) whoever. (relative) who, when the pronoun refers to the whole of the preceding sentence. Fin:En tiedä, kuka sen teki.Eng:I don't know who did it.Fin:Tässä on mies, joka sen teki.Eng:This is the man who did it. (relative, dialectal) who Show more arrow right (who): ken ( the nominative singular is archaic, see "Inflection" section above)(whoever): kuka tahansa, ken Show more arrow right The singular forms are sometimes used colloquially instead of the actual plural forms. Ketä is particularly common for keitä. In some dialects ketä is used in place of kuka. Show more arrow right From Proto-Finnic ku (from Proto-Uralic ku- ~ ko-) +‎ -ka. Cognate with Estonian kumb (“which”), Hungarian hol (“where”), Forest Enets hōke (“which one”), Nganasan kuninu (“where”), and Kamassian kāmǝ̑n (“if”). Might further be related to Proto-Indo-European kʷi- ~ kʷe- ~ kʷo-, whence the English interrogatives English what, where, who, how derive. Show more arrow right

Example sentences

OpenSubtitles2018.v3 Estää keitä? Stop who? Kenen, sir? Who, sir? Tai kenenkään. Or anyone's. Ja keitä ovat... And just who... Kenen vuoro? Who's up next? Kelle puhut? Who are you talking to? En kenellekään. I do not talk to anybody. Ja keitä he ovat? And who are they? Kenen sitten? Then whose fault is it? Kenen miehen? What guy? Show more arrow right

kuka / who

SingularPlural
Nom - kukako -
Par -ta kutako -
Gen -n - -
Acc -t kutkako -
Ill mihin kuhunko -
Ine -ssa kussako -
Ela -sta kustako -
All -lle kulleko -
Ade -lla kullako -
Abl -lta kultako -
Tra -ksi - -
Ess -na - -
Abe -tta - -
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - -

kuka / who

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

kukako

-

Par

-ta

kutako

-

Gen

-n

-

-

Acc

-t

kutkako

-

Ill

mihin

kuhunko

-

Ine

-ssa

kussako

-

Ela

-sta

kustako

-

All

-lle

kulleko

-

Ade

-lla

kullako

-

Abl

-lta

kultako

-

Tra

-ksi

-

-

Ess

-na

-

-

Abe

-tta

-

-

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

-

mikä / which, what

SingularPlural
Nom - - -
Par -ta - -
Gen -n - -
Acc -t - -
Ill mihin - -
Ine -ssa - -
Ela -sta - -
All -lle - -
Ade -lla - -
Abl -lta - -
Tra -ksi - -
Ess -na - -
Abe -tta - -
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - -

mikä / which, what

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

-

-

Par

-ta

-

-

Gen

-n

-

-

Acc

-t

-

-

Ill

mihin

-

-

Ine

-ssa

-

-

Ela

-sta

-

-

All

-lle

-

-

Ade

-lla

-

-

Abl

-lta

-

-

Tra

-ksi

-

-

Ess

-na

-

-

Abe

-tta

-

-

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

-

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