kauhea
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kauhëda. Cognates include Karelian kauhie and Votic kauhaa (“nastily, disgustingly, awfully, terribly”) (Lempola).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkauhea (comparative kauheampi, superlative kauhein)
- awful, dreadful, terrible
- bad, unpleasant, disagreeable, repulsive
- (somewhat informal) tremendous, immense, terrible
Declension
editInflection of kauhea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kauhea | kauheat | |
genitive | kauhean | kauheiden kauheitten | |
partitive | kauheaa kauheata |
kauheita | |
illative | kauheaan | kauheisiin kauheihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kauhea | kauheat | |
accusative | nom. | kauhea | kauheat |
gen. | kauhean | ||
genitive | kauhean | kauheiden kauheitten kauheain rare | |
partitive | kauheaa kauheata |
kauheita | |
inessive | kauheassa | kauheissa | |
elative | kauheasta | kauheista | |
illative | kauheaan | kauheisiin kauheihin | |
adessive | kauhealla | kauheilla | |
ablative | kauhealta | kauheilta | |
allative | kauhealle | kauheille | |
essive | kauheana | kauheina | |
translative | kauheaksi | kauheiksi | |
abessive | kauheatta | kauheitta | |
instructive | — | kauhein | |
comitative | — | kauheine |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kauhea”, 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 2023-07-02