tykö

Finnish

Alternative forms

• työ (colloquial)

Etymology

tykö- +‎ -(k) (k-lative singular); the exceptional strong grade may be by influence from tykönä and tyköä as well as the prefixal use of tykö-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtykø(ˣ)/, [ˈt̪yk̟ø̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ykø
• Syllabification^(key): ty‧kö

Postposition

tykö [with genitive and／or possessive form]

1. (of movement, dated or dialectal) to, to ('s place)

   Synonyms: luo, luokse

   Antonyms: luota, tyköä

   Miehen tykö tuli nainen.

   A woman came to the man.

   Menin Pekan tykö. (cf. tykönä)

   I went to Pekka's place.

Usage notes

Tykö is oldish these days, but still used especially in dialects.

Declension

Declension of tykö- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative tykö- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive tyköä – sublative – – accusative – – lative tykö – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive tykönä – situative – – translative työkse – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of tykö
no possessor	tykö
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tyköni	tykömme
2nd person	tykösi	tykönne
3rd person	tykönsä

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• tykötarpeet
• lykkyä tykö

Further reading

• “tykö”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• kytö, ökyt