"ken" meaning in Finnish

See ken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈken/, [ˈk̟e̞n]
Rhymes: -en Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *ken, from Proto-Uralic *ke. Cognate with Ter Sami kie, Erzya ки (ki), кие (kije), Udmurt кин (kin) and Hungarian ki. Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*ken}} Proto-Finnic *ken, {{der|fi|urj-pro|*ke}} Proto-Uralic *ke, {{cog|sjt|kie}} Ter Sami kie, {{cog|myv|ки}} Erzya ки (ki), {{cog|udm|кин}} Udmurt кин (kin), {{cog|hu|ki}} Hungarian ki Head templates: {{head|fi|pronoun|cat2=|head=}} ken, {{fi-pron}} ken
  1. (interrogative, dated) who; (when followed by a modifier in the elative case) which one (of) Tags: dated, interrogative Synonyms (who): kuka
    Sense id: en-ken-fi-pron-wOHs3C4r Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish indefinite pronouns, Finnish interrogative pronouns, Finnish pronouns, Ter Sami terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Finnish indefinite pronouns: 88 12 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative pronouns: 90 10 Disambiguation of Finnish pronouns: 82 18 Disambiguation of Ter Sami terms in nonstandard scripts: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'who': 96 4
  2. (indefinite, dated) whoever Tags: dated, indefinite Synonyms (whoever): kuka tahansa
    Sense id: en-ken-fi-pron-u11UAQoc Disambiguation of 'whoever': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kenkään

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kenkään"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *ken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ke"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sjt",
        "2": "kie"
      },
      "expansion": "Ter Sami kie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "ки"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya ки (ki)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "udm",
        "2": "кин"
      },
      "expansion": "Udmurt кин (kin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "ki"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian ki",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *ken, from Proto-Uralic *ke. Cognate with Ter Sami kie, Erzya ки (ki), кие (kije), Udmurt кин (kin) and Hungarian ki.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "fi-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Indefinite pronouns",
            "Indefinite pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ter Sami terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who; (when followed by a modifier in the elative case) which one (of)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ken-fi-pron-wOHs3C4r",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, dated) who; (when followed by a modifier in the elative case) which one (of)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "who",
          "word": "kuka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "whoever"
      ],
      "id": "en-ken-fi-pron-u11UAQoc",
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "whoever",
          "whoever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(indefinite, dated) whoever"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "whoever",
          "word": "kuka tahansa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈk̟e̞n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-en"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Finnish 1-syllable words",
    "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
    "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish pronouns",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
    "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 37 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/en",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/en/1 syllable",
    "Ter Sami terms in nonstandard scripts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kenkään"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*ken"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *ken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ke"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ke",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sjt",
        "2": "kie"
      },
      "expansion": "Ter Sami kie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "ки"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya ки (ki)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "udm",
        "2": "кин"
      },
      "expansion": "Udmurt кин (kin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "ki"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian ki",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *ken, from Proto-Uralic *ke. Cognate with Ter Sami kie, Erzya ки (ki), кие (kije), Udmurt кин (kin) and Hungarian ki.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ken",
      "name": "fi-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who; (when followed by a modifier in the elative case) which one (of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, dated) who; (when followed by a modifier in the elative case) which one (of)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whoever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "whoever",
          "whoever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(indefinite, dated) whoever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈk̟e̞n]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-en"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "who",
      "word": "kuka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "whoever",
      "word": "kuka tahansa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ken"
}

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