"kauan" meaning in Finnish

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɑu̯ɑn/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯ɑ̝n]
Rhymes: -ɑuɑn Etymology: Instructive singular case of the root kauko- (“far”). Cognate to Ingrian kavvan (“for a long time”), Estonian kaua (“for a long time”), Votic kauga (“for a long time”). Etymology templates: {{m|fi|kauko-||far}} kauko- (“far”), {{cog|izh|kavvan||for a long time}} Ingrian kavvan (“for a long time”), {{cog|et|kaua||for a long time}} Estonian kaua (“for a long time”), {{cog|vot|kauga||for a long time}} Votic kauga (“for a long time”) Head templates: {{head|fi|adverbs|comparative|kauemmin|||superlative|kauimmin|||f1accel-form=comparative|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|f4accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} kauan (comparative kauemmin, superlative kauimmin), {{fi-adv|kauemmin|kauimmin}} kauan (comparative kauemmin, superlative kauimmin) Inflection templates: {{fi-decl-pron/kauko-}}, {{fi-decl-pron|11s=kaukana|12s=kauaksi|14s=kauan|1s=kauko-|3s=kaukaa kauaa|a4s=kauas|word=kauko-}} Forms: kauemmin [comparative], kauimmin [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], kauko- [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], - [singular, superessive], - [plural, superessive], - [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], - [delative, singular], - [delative, plural], kaukaa [partitive, singular], kauaa [partitive, singular], - [partitive, plural], - [singular, sublative], - [plural, sublative], - [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], kauas [lative, singular], - [lative, plural], - [inessive, singular], - [inessive, plural], - [singular, temporal], - [plural, temporal], - [elative, singular], - [elative, plural], - [causative, singular], - [causative, plural], - [illative, singular], - [illative, plural], - [multiplicative, singular], - [multiplicative, plural], - [adessive, singular], - [adessive, plural], - [distributive], - [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural], - [distributive, temporal], - [allative, singular], - [allative, plural], - [prolative, singular], - [plural, prolative], kaukana [essive, singular], - [essive, plural], - [singular, situative], - [plural, situative], kauaksi [singular, translative], - [plural, translative], - [oppositive, singular], - [oppositive, plural], - [abessive, singular], - [abessive, plural], kauan [instructive, singular], - [instructive, plural], - [comitative, singular], - [comitative, plural]
  1. (for) a long time Synonyms: kauvan [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-kauan-fi-adv-r-itKU6v Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kauko-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "far"
      },
      "expansion": "kauko- (“far”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "kavvan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "for a long time"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian kavvan (“for a long time”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "kaua",
        "3": "",
        "4": "for a long time"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian kaua (“for a long time”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "kauga",
        "3": "",
        "4": "for a long time"
      },
      "expansion": "Votic kauga (“for a long time”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Instructive singular case of the root kauko- (“far”). Cognate to Ingrian kavvan (“for a long time”), Estonian kaua (“for a long time”), Votic kauga (“for a long time”).",
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    {
      "form": "kauemmin",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauimmin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "-",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "superessive"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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        "plural",
        "sublative"
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    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauaksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "6": "",
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        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "long ago",
          "text": "kauan sitten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have known him for a long time.",
          "text": "Olen tuntenut hänet kauan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a long time"
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      "id": "en-kauan-fi-adv-r-itKU6v",
      "links": [
        [
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          "time"
        ]
      ],
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        "(for) a long time"
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "kauvan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑu̯ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑ̝u̯ɑ̝n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑuɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kauan"
}
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "for a long time"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "4": "for a long time"
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "inessive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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        "singular",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaukana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauaksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kauan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "10": "",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "kauemmin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "kauimmin",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "comparative",
        "f2accel-form": "comparative",
        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
        "f4accel-form": "superlative",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kauan (comparative kauemmin, superlative kauimmin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kauemmin",
        "2": "kauimmin"
      },
      "expansion": "kauan (comparative kauemmin, superlative kauimmin)",
      "name": "fi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fi-decl-pron/kauko-"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "11s": "kaukana",
        "12s": "kauaksi",
        "14s": "kauan",
        "1s": "kauko-",
        "3s": "kaukaa\nkauaa",
        "a4s": "kauas",
        "word": "kauko-"
      },
      "name": "fi-decl-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish 2-syllable words",
        "Finnish adverbs",
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish lemmas",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Finnish terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɑn",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɑn/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "long ago",
          "text": "kauan sitten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have known him for a long time.",
          "text": "Olen tuntenut hänet kauan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a long time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "for",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(for) a long time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑu̯ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑ̝u̯ɑ̝n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑuɑn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "kauvan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kauan"
}

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