nälkään
Nälkään is the illative form of the Finnish noun nälkä, meaning hunger. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks movement into or entry into a state, and with abstract or condition nouns it often indicates experiencing that state. Thus nälkään is used to express “into hunger” or “into a state of hunger.”
The form is created by adding the illative suffix to the base word, yielding nälkään. It commonly
Usage notes include the fact that nälkään tends to appear in contexts describing famine, food shortages, or
Related terms include nälkä (hunger), nälkäinen (hungry), and nälkävuosi (a year of famine). Understanding nälkään helps