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ihku

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of ihana (lovely, wonderful, marvelous) + -u.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈihku/, [ˈiçku]
  • Rhymes: -ihku
  • Syllabification(key): ih‧ku
  • Hyphenation(key): ih‧ku

Adjective

ihku (comparative ihkumpi, superlative ihkuin) (colloquial)

  1. cute, nice, sweet

Usage notes

Associated with the pissis stereotype.

Declension

The variant ihkuu is often used as partitive singular.

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