kahdes

kaksi +‎ -s

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhdes/, [ˈkɑ̝xde̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑhdes
• Syllabification^(key): kah‧des

kahdes

1. (only in compounds) second, two (ordinal of "two"; also in the word for 12th and 20th)

   kahdestoista ― twelfth

   kahdeskymmenes ― twentieth

   sadaskahdestoista ― one hundred twelfth

   kolmaskymmeneskahdes ― thirty-second

   kahdessadaskolmaskymmeneskahdes ― two hundred thirty-second

   kahdesmiljoonas ― two millionth

   kahdestuhanneskahdessadas ― two thousand two hundredth

   kaksituhattasadas ― two thousand one hundredth

• Used only in compound numerals, only very rarely alone (e.g. for some speakers to refer to the second month, i.e. February, in dates).
• Interchangeable with toinen (“second”) at the end of an ordinal, i.e. when indicating ones (but not in 12th); toinen is currently more commonly used.

  kolmaskymmeneskahdes; kolmaskymmenestoinen ― thirty-second

• toinen; to indicate ones only, but not in kahdestoista (“twelfth”)

• yhdes (first)

• “kahdes”, 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 2023-07-02