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alku.

start, beginning, inception, incipience

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑlku/[ˈɑ̝lku]

  1. start, beginning, inception, incipience

    alulla oleva hanke

  2. first, prime, primeval, primordial, proto-, ur-, initial

    in-compounds
    elämän alkumuodot
    alkueläin
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *alku, equivalent to alkaa (“to begin”) + -u.

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