kikatella
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkikɑtelːɑˣ/, [ˈk̟ikɑ̝ˌt̪e̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -elːɑ
- Syllabification(key): ki‧ka‧tel‧la
- Hyphenation(key): ki‧ka‧tel‧la
Verb
kikatella
- (intransitive) frequentative of kikattaa (“to giggle”)
Conjugation
| Inflection of kikatella (Kotus type 67*C/tulla, tt-t gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kikattelen | en kikattele | 1st sing. | olen kikatellut | en ole kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kikattelet | et kikattele | 2nd sing. | olet kikatellut | et ole kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kikattelee | ei kikattele | 3rd sing. | on kikatellut | ei ole kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kikattelemme | emme kikattele | 1st plur. | olemme kikatelleet | emme ole kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kikattelette | ette kikattele | 2nd plur. | olette kikatelleet | ette ole kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kikattelevat | eivät kikattele | 3rd plur. | ovat kikatelleet | eivät ole kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kikatellaan | ei kikatella | passive | on kikateltu | ei ole kikateltu | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kikattelin | en kikatellut | 1st sing. | olin kikatellut | en ollut kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kikattelit | et kikatellut | 2nd sing. | olit kikatellut | et ollut kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kikatteli | ei kikatellut | 3rd sing. | oli kikatellut | ei ollut kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kikattelimme | emme kikatelleet | 1st plur. | olimme kikatelleet | emme olleet kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kikattelitte | ette kikatelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte kikatelleet | ette olleet kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kikattelivat | eivät kikatelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat kikatelleet | eivät olleet kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kikateltiin | ei kikateltu | passive | oli kikateltu | ei ollut kikateltu | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kikattelisin | en kikattelisi | 1st sing. | olisin kikatellut | en olisi kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kikattelisit | et kikattelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kikatellut | et olisi kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kikattelisi | ei kikattelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kikatellut | ei olisi kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kikattelisimme | emme kikattelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kikatelleet | emme olisi kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kikattelisitte | ette kikattelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kikatelleet | ette olisi kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kikattelisivat | eivät kikattelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kikatelleet | eivät olisi kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kikateltaisiin | ei kikateltaisi | passive | olisi kikateltu | ei olisi kikateltu | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kikattele | älä kikattele | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kikatelkoon | älköön kikatelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kikatellut | älköön olko kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kikatelkaamme | älkäämme kikatelko | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kikatelkaa | älkää kikatelko | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kikatelkoot | älkööt kikatelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kikatelleet | älkööt olko kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kikateltakoon | älköön kikateltako | passive | olkoon kikateltu | älköön olko kikateltu | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kikatellen | en kikatelle | 1st sing. | lienen kikatellut | en liene kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kikatellet | et kikatelle | 2nd sing. | lienet kikatellut | et liene kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kikatellee | ei kikatelle | 3rd sing. | lienee kikatellut | ei liene kikatellut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kikatellemme | emme kikatelle | 1st plur. | lienemme kikatelleet | emme liene kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kikatellette | ette kikatelle | 2nd plur. | lienette kikatelleet | ette liene kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kikatellevat | eivät kikatelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät kikatelleet | eivät liene kikatelleet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kikateltaneen | ei kikateltane | passive | lienee kikateltu | ei liene kikateltu | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | kikatella | present | kikatteleva | kikateltava | |||||||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | kikatellut | kikateltu | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | kikatellessa | kikateltaessa | agent4 | kikattelema | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | kikattelematon | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | kikatellen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | kikattelemassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | kikattelemasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | kikattelemaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | kikattelemalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | kikattelematta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | kikatteleman | kikateltaman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | kikatteleminen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th1 |
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Derived terms
- kikattelu
Further reading
- “kikatella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023