funkis

English

Adjective

funkis (comparative more funkis, superlative most funkis)

1. Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
   • 2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, page 191:

     Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.

   • 2014 March 18, Richard Orange, The Guardian:

     It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.

   • 2016, Steinumm Sigurðardóttir, translated by Philip Roughton, The Good Lover, World Editions, page 19:

     A two-story house, so strictly funkis that he named it monkish, and earned top points from his girlfriend for it.

Finnish

Alternative forms

• funkkis

Etymology

Clipping of funktionalismi +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuŋk(ː)is/, [ˈfuŋk(ː)is̠]
• Rhymes: -uŋkis
• Syllabification^(key): fun‧kis
• Hyphenation^(key): fun‧kis

Noun

funkis (informal)

1. (architecture) synonym of funktionalismi

Declension

Inflection of funkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		funkis	—
genitive		funkiksen	—
partitive		funkista	—
illative		funkikseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		funkis	—
accusative	nom.	funkis	—
	gen.	funkiksen
genitive		funkiksen	—
partitive		funkista	—
inessive		funkiksessa	—
elative		funkiksesta	—
illative		funkikseen	—
adessive		funkiksella	—
ablative		funkikselta	—
allative		funkikselle	—
essive		funkiksena	—
translative		funkikseksi	—
abessive		funkiksetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of funkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative funkikseni — accusative nom. funkikseni — gen. funkikseni genitive funkikseni — partitive funkistani — inessive funkiksessani — elative funkiksestani — illative funkikseeni — adessive funkiksellani — ablative funkikseltani — allative funkikselleni — essive funkiksenani — translative funkiksekseni — abessive funkiksettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative funkiksesi — accusative nom. funkiksesi — gen. funkiksesi genitive funkiksesi — partitive funkistasi — inessive funkiksessasi — elative funkiksestasi — illative funkikseesi — adessive funkiksellasi — ablative funkikseltasi — allative funkiksellesi — essive funkiksenasi — translative funkikseksesi — abessive funkiksettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative funkiksemme — accusative nom. funkiksemme — gen. funkiksemme genitive funkiksemme — partitive funkistamme — inessive funkiksessamme — elative funkiksestamme — illative funkikseemme — adessive funkiksellamme — ablative funkikseltamme — allative funkiksellemme — essive funkiksenamme — translative funkikseksemme — abessive funkiksettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative funkiksenne — accusative nom. funkiksenne — gen. funkiksenne genitive funkiksenne — partitive funkistanne — inessive funkiksessanne — elative funkiksestanne — illative funkikseenne — adessive funkiksellanne — ablative funkikseltanne — allative funkiksellenne — essive funkiksenanne — translative funkikseksenne — abessive funkiksettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative funkiksensa — accusative nom. funkiksensa — gen. funkiksensa genitive funkiksensa — partitive funkistaan funkistansa — inessive funkiksessaan funkiksessansa — elative funkiksestaan funkiksestansa — illative funkikseensa — adessive funkiksellaan funkiksellansa — ablative funkikseltaan funkikseltansa — allative funkikselleen funkiksellensa — essive funkiksenaan funkiksenansa — translative funkiksekseen funkikseksensa — abessive funkiksettaan funkiksettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Further reading

• “funkis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• fuksin

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

funkis

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology 1

Clipping of funktionalism +‎ -is.

Noun

funkis c

1. (colloquial, often in compounds) functionalism, a modernistic (1930s) style in architecture and interior decoration guided by function

   Synonym: funktionalism

Declension

Declension of funkis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	funkis	funkis
	definite	funkisen	funkisens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Etymology 2

Clipping of funktionshindrad +‎ -is.

Noun

funkis c

1. (colloquial) a crip, a disabled person

Declension

Declension of funkis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	funkis	funkis
	definite	funkisen	funkisens
plural	indefinite	funkisar	funkisars
	definite	funkisarna	funkisarnas

References

• funkis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• funkis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)