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luku
luku
Finnish
Noun
luku
- number, count, quantity
- chapter (of a book; in a legal code where its subsection is pykälä)
- reading
- (grammar) number
- story, especially as follows
- Se on ihan oma lukunsa. – It's another story of its own.
- together with a year, used to indicate decade, century or sometimes even millennium
- 1920-luvulla - in the 20s, in the 1920s
- 1600-luku - the 17th Century (1600–1699)
Declension
| Inflection of luku (Kotus type 1/valo, k-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | luku | luvut | |
| genitive | luvun | lukujen | |
| partitive | lukua | lukuja | |
| illative | lukuun | lukuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | luku | luvut | |
| accusative | nom. | luku | luvut |
| gen. | luvun | ||
| genitive | luvun | lukujen | |
| partitive | lukua | lukuja | |
| inessive | luvussa | luvuissa | |
| elative | luvusta | luvuista | |
| illative | lukuun | lukuihin | |
| adessive | luvulla | luvuilla | |
| ablative | luvulta | luvuilta | |
| allative | luvulle | luvuille | |
| essive | lukuna | lukuina | |
| translative | luvuksi | luvuiksi | |
| instructive | — | luvuin | |
| abessive | luvutta | luvuitta | |
| comitative | — | lukuineen | |
Derived terms
- adjectives: lukuisa, luvuton
- verbs: ottaa luku, ottaa lukua
Compounds
- alkuluku
- irrationaaliluku
- kokonaisluku
- lukumäärä
- murtoluku
- nuppiluku
- pääluku
- rationaaliluku
- tasaluku
See also
Anagrams
Mapudungun
Noun
luku (using Raguileo Alphabet)
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.