äkeä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *äkedä. Equivalent to *äkä +‎ -eä; the root is probably a front-vowel variant of *aka-, itself borrowed from Proto-Germanic *agaz. Related to Estonian äge and Karelian äkie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈækeæ/, [ˈæk̟e̞æ] Rhymes: -ækeæ Syllabification(key): ä‧ke‧ä Hyphenation(key): äkeä === Adjective === äkeä (comparative äkeämpi, superlative äkein) irascible, irked, irritated, sullen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “äkeä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023