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Päivän sana - toukokuu (May)
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Etymology

touko (“sowing”) +‎ kuu (“month”), with seeds being sown around May

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtou̯koˌkuː/, [ˈt̪o̞u̯ko̞ˌkuː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Syllabification(key): tou‧ko‧kuu
  • Hyphenation(key): touko‧kuu

Noun

toukokuu

  1. May (month)

Usage notes

  • “in May” is expressed with the inessive case (toukokuussa).

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