kauan

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • kauvan

Etymology

Instructive case of the root kauko-. Cognate to Ingrian kauvan (“for a long time”), Estonian kaua (“for a long time”), Votic kaugaa (“for a long time”), Votic kōgiń (“for a long time”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑuɑn]
  • Hyphenation: kau‧an

Adverb

kauan (comparative kauemmin, superlative kauimmin)

  1. A long time.
    Olen tuntenut hänet kauan.
    I have known him for a long time.
    kauan sitten
    long ago

Inflection

Declension of kauan
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative kauko- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive kauaa, kaukaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative kauas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative kaukaitse –
essive kaukana –situative – –
translative kauaksi –oppositive – –
instructive kauan –
abessive – –
comitative – –

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