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-

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