tykkänään

Finnish

Etymology

The singular essive of tykkä- with a possessive suffix; the root is probably akin to tykky, and the word as a whole may have been influenced by tyystin.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtykːænæːn/, [ˈt̪ykːænæːn]
Rhymes: -ykːænæːn
Syllabification^(key): tyk‧kä‧nään

Adverb

tykkänään

completely, fully, downright

References

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

“tykkänään”, 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 2023-07-03

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[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN