kuka
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (interrogative) who; (when followed by a modifier in elative case, -sta/-stä) which one (of + a noun referring to people).
- (indefinite) whoever.
- (relative) who, when the pronoun refers to the whole of the preceding sentence.
- (relative) who
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *ku inherited from Proto-Uralic *ko-, *ku-.
Origin
Proto-Uralic
*ko-, *ku-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Who-athon English
- allwhere English
- anyhow English
- anywhat English
- anywhere English
- eachwhere English
- elsehow English
- elsewhat English
- elsewhere English
- elsewho English
- everwhat English
- everwhere English
- everwho English
- everyhow English
- forhow English
- how English
- how've English
- how-to English
- howbeit English
- howcatchem English
- however English
- howness English
- howso English
- howsoever English
- mostwhat English
- muchwhat English
- nighwhat English
- nohow English
- nowhat English
- nowhere English
- otherwhat English
- otherwhere English
- somewhat English
- somewhere English
- what English
- whatchoo English
- whatever English
- whath English
- whatness English
- whatnot English
- whatsoever English
- whatth English
- where English
- whereabout English
- wherealong English
- whereas English
- whereby English
- wherefor English
- wherefrom English
- whereinto English
- whereness English
- wherenot English
- whereof English
- whereon English
- whereso English
- wherethan English
- wherethrough English
- whereto English
- whereunder English
- whereunto English
- wherever English
- wherewith English
- wherewithal English
- whereäs English
- which English
- who English
- who'da English
- who've English
- whoever English
- whosoever English
- you-know-what English
- you-know-who English
- ei Finnish
- ei-kenenkään-maa Finnish
- itsekukin Finnish
- kasvi Finnish
- koska Finnish
- kui Finnish
- kuin Finnish
- kukaties Finnish
- kukin Finnish
- kukkakasvi Finnish
- kumpainen Finnish
- kumpi Finnish
- kumpikaan Finnish
- kumpikin Finnish
- kunkinkertainen Finnish
- kutakuinkin Finnish
- maa Finnish
- ties Finnish
- quālitātem Latin
- ahol Hungarian
- akárhol Hungarian
- bárhol Hungarian
- hol Hungarian
- holott Hungarian
- mindenhol Hungarian
- máshol Hungarian
- néhol Hungarian
- sehol Hungarian
- valahol Hungarian
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷe- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷi- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷid Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷóteros Proto-Indo-European
- *hwannē Proto-Germanic
- *hwar Proto-Germanic
- how Middle English
- what Middle English
- where Middle English
- who Middle English
- *ka Proto-Slavic
- *kako Proto-Slavic
- *kakъ Proto-Slavic
- *koda Proto-Slavic
- *kogъda Proto-Slavic
- *koliko Proto-Slavic
- *kъde Proto-Slavic
- *kъžьdo Proto-Slavic
- *čьjь Proto-Slavic
- whois Translingual
- kumb Estonian
- kus Estonian
- *-ko Proto-Finnic
- *ku Proto-Finnic
- *kumpa Proto-Finnic
- wataim Tok Pisin
- we Tok Pisin
- *ko-, *ku- Proto-Uralic
- *ku Proto-Uralic
- *ku- Proto-Uralic
- *kan Proto-Albanian
- ko Ingrian
- ku Ingrian
- kui Ingrian
- kuka Ingrian
- kuni Ingrian
- hu Kriol
- weya Kriol
- wot Kriol
- куд Udmurt