kunnon
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkunːon/, [ˈkunːo̞n]
- Rhymes: -unːon
- Syllabification(key): kun‧non
Adjective
kunnon (not comparable, indeclinable, only used attributively)
- proper, real, true, decent
- Synonyms: aimo, kelpo, kunnollinen, tosi
- Tekee hyvää saada kunnon hampurilainen kaiken sen kasvimössön jälkeen.
- It's good to get a real hamburger after all that veggie stuff.
- Hän on kunnon mies.
- He's a decent man.
- Teen hyvää työtä, mutta haluan siitä myös kunnon korvauksen.
- I do a good job, but I also want a proper remuneration for it.
- kunnon amerikkalainen ― all-American
Usage notes
Only used attributively.
Declension
Indeclinable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kunnon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kunnōną, akin to Old English cunnian.
Conjugation
Conjugation of kunnon (weak class 2)
| infinitive | kunnon | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | kunnon | kunnoda |
| 2nd person singular | kunnos | kunnodes |
| 3rd person singular | kunnod | kunnoda |
| plural | kunniod | kunnodun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | kunno | kunnodi |
| 2nd person singular | kunnos | kunnodis |
| 3rd person singular | kunno | kunnodi |
| plural | kunnion | kunnodin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | kunno | |
| plural | kunniod | |
| participle | present | past |
| kunnondi | gikunnod, kunnod | |
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