Finnish word alokas comes from Finnish alkaa, Finnish -kas
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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alkaa | Finnish (fin) | (intransitive) to initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin. (transitive, auxiliary, + infinitive/+ illative of 3rd infinitive) to begin (to do something), start (doing something). |
-kas | Finnish (fin) | -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in accordance with consonant gradation. |
alokas | Finnish (fin) | (military) A recruit, rookie (newly enlisted soldier). |