Noun type: 1
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | haiku |
| Partitive | haikua |
| Genetive | haiun |
| Accusative | haiun |
| Inessive | haiussa |
| Elative | haiusta |
| Illative | haikuun |
| Adessive | haiulla |
| Ablative | haiulta |
| Allative | haiulle |
| Essive | haikuna |
| Translative | haiuksi |
| Abessive | haiutta |
Plural
| Nominative | haiut |
| Partitive | haikuja |
| Genetive | haikujen |
| Accusative | haiut |
| Inessive | haiuissa |
| Elative | haiuista |
| Illative | haikuihin |
| Adessive | haiuilla |
| Ablative | haiuilta |
| Allative | haiuille |
| Essive | haikuina |
| Translative | haiuiksi |
| Abessive | haiuitta |
| Instructive | haiuin |
| Comitative | haikuine |
Sample Sentences
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Ilmassa on vähän haikua. (There's a whiff of smoke in the air.)
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Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle. (Here a man vanishes into nothingness, like that tiny strand of smoke from the campfire to the evening sky.)
Etymology
From dialectal haika + -u, from Proto-Finnic *haika; cognates include Estonian haige (~ haikea) and furthermore also Lule Sami suoikē.
Nouns inflected like haiku
aalto,
aamu,
aasinpotku,
aatelisto,
aatto,
abo,
adagio,
afro,
ahdinko,
ahjo,
aho,
aino,
ainu,
airo,
aironveto,
aito,
aivo,
aivot,
ajatuskatko,
ajo, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)