aakkonen

== Finnish == === Etymology === aa +‎ -kko +‎ -nen; from aa (“(the letter) A”), the name of the letter A in Finnish. Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːkːonen/, [ˈɑ̝ːkːo̞ne̞n] Rhymes: -ɑːkːonen Syllabification(key): aak‧ko‧nen Hyphenation(key): aak‧ko‧nen === Noun === aakkonen letter (symbol in an alphabet) Synonyms: kirjain, (archaic) puustavi (in the plural) alphabet, ABC (ordered set of letters used in a language) Synonyms: aakkosto, abc latinalaiset aakkoset ― Latin alphabet kyrilliset aakkoset ― Cyrillic alphabet (in the plural) elements, rudiments, ABC (basic tenets of an area of knowledge) Synonyms: abc, (pl) alkeet, perusteet ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “aakkonen”, 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 1 July 2023