aikaan

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑːn/, [ˈɑ̝i̯kɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): ai‧kaan

Noun

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aikaan

  1. illative singular of aika

Adverb

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aikaan

  1. at the time of, at a time
    Mihin aikaan sinä tulet?
    At what time will you come?
    Siihen aikaan meillä oli vielä varaa kaviaariin.
    At that time we could still afford caviar.
    Sisällissodan aikaan hän palveli rajavartiostossa eikä osallistunut taisteluihin.
    At the time of civil war he served in the border guard and did not participate in the fighting.

See also

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Postposition

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aikaan

  1. Alternative spelling of aikanna
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Mitä tovarișșa Voroșilov teki Oktjabrskoi revolutsian aikaan?
      What did comrade Vorošilov do during the October revolution?

Noun

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aikaan

  1. Alternative spelling of aikanna