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Päivän sana - kesäkuu (June) (sopuli.xyz)
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Etymology

kesä (“fallow”) (archaic) +‎ kuu (“month”); June is the time to plough the fallows.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkesæˌkuː/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠æˌkuː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Syllabification(key): ke‧sä‧kuu
  • Hyphenation(key): kesä‧kuu

Noun

month

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kesäkuu

  1. June (month)

Usage notes

“in June” is expressed with the inessive case (kesäkuussa). When the day is specified, the partitive case is used (e.g. 1. kesäkuuta), but the genitive is also possible in a structure like kesäkuun 1. päivä.

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