auki

See also: Auki

Finnish

Etymology

auk- ‎ -i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑ̝u̯k̟i]
• Rhymes: -ɑuki
• Syllabification^(key): au‧ki

Adverb

auki

1. open (not closed or locked)

   Ovi oli auki.

   The door was open.

   Kauppa on auki yhdeksään.

   The shop is open until nine o'clock.

2. untied, unbuttoned
3. up in the air, open (not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain)

   Luulen, että voin tehdä sen nopeasti, mutta tarkka aikataulu on vielä auki.

   I think I can do it quickly, but the exact schedule is still up in the air.

   Kysymys on edelleen auki.

   The question is still open.

4. on, turned on (especially of a device used to receive communications)

   Pidän veneessä aina VHF:n auki.

   When in boat, I always keep the VHF turned on.

   Keittiössä oli radio auki.

   In the kitchen, the radio was on.

5. (colloquial) broke, busted, skint

   Olen aivan auki.

   I'm completely busted.

Usage notes

In English, "open" is an adjective. The Finnish adjective meaning "open" is avoin.

Synonyms

• (not closed): avoinna
• (turned on): päällä

Antonyms

• kiinni

Derived terms

• aukaista
• aukile
• aukinainen
• aukoa

 

compounds

• aukiolo
• aukioloaika
• persaukinen

 

Related terms

• aueta
• avata

Further reading

• “auki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• kaiu

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːcɪ/
• Rhymes: -øyːcɪ

Noun

auki m (genitive singular auka, nominative plural aukar)

1. increase, addition

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish auki and Karelian auki.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯kʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯ɡ̊i]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ki/, [ˈɑu̯ɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯kʲ, -ɑu̯ki
• Hyphenation: au‧ki

Adverb

auki

1. open
2. (phonology) open (ending in a vowel)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 55:

     Sloga ono auki, sentää ono vahva steeppeni kk (ka-lak-ka-han), ku sloga ono kiin (ka-la-kas), ni ono yks k, ono slaaboi steeppeni.

     The syllable is open, therefore it has the strong grade kk (ka-lak-ka-han), when the syllable is closed (ka-la-kas), it thus has one k, it has the weak grade.

Synonyms

• (not closed): lahti, avollaa

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “not closed”): kiin
• (antonym(s) of “ending in a vowel”): kiin

Derived terms

• aukinain
• avveta

 

See also

• avattu (“open”), salvattu (“closed”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 23
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 22
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 81

Old Norse

Verb

auki

1. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of auka