raikaa

See also: räikää

Finnish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯kɑːˣ/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯kɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikɑː
  • Syllabification(key): rai‧kaa
  • Hyphenation(key): rai‧kaa

Verb

raikaa (rare, literary)

  1. to blare, resound
Conjugation

Incomplete conjugation, mainly used in the third-person infinitive and participle forms which have the so called strong stem (in this case, with -k-). For all others, the forms of raikaa are substituted with corresponding forms of raikua.

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Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯kɑː/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯kɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikɑː
  • Syllabification(key): rai‧kaa
  • Hyphenation(key): rai‧kaa

Verb

raikaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of raikaa

References

  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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