keski-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keski (compare Estonian kesk-), from Proto-Finno-Permic *keske (compare Northern Sami gaska, Moksha кеска (keska, “waist”), Udmurt кусып (kusyp)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeski-/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠k̟i-]

Adjective

keski- (as a modifier in compounds)

  1. middle, central; average, mid-, medium
    Keski-Suomi ― Central Finland
    Keski-Eurooppa ― Central Europe
    Keskilänsi ― Midwest
    keskipainoinen ― middleweight
    keskitulo ― average income
    keskiviikko ― Wednesday (literally, “midweek”)
    Veikko oli keskipituinen mies.
    Veikko was a man of medium height.

Inflection

Declension of keski-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative keski- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive (keskeä) –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive keskellä –distributive – –
ablative keskeltä –temp. dist. – –
allative keskelle –prolative keskitse –
essive keskenään –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive kesken –
comitative – –

The cases of keski- serve only as adverbs.

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
postpositions
proper nouns
verbs
compounds
  • See the inflection table.

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keski-. Cognates include Finnish keski- and Estonian kesk-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

keski-

  1. mid-

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with keski-
keskinäin
keskipaikka
keskipäivä
Keski-Soikkola
keskitagra

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 159
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