No. 43 in Finnish
vuoksi
"Vuoksi" means "because of" or "due to" in English.
In a sentence
Hän jäi kotiin sateen vuoksi.
She stayed home because of the rain.
Here, 'vuoksi' is used to indicate the reason or cause of an action, similar to 'because of' in English.
Järvi virtaa etelään Vuoksen kautta.
The lake flows south through Vuoksi (river).
In this sentence, 'Vuoksi' is a proper noun, referring to a specific river in Finland.
Vuoksen vuoksi retkemme siirtyi seuraavaan päivään.
Because of the Vuoksi (river), our trip was postponed to the next day.
Here, 'Vuoksen' is the possessive form of 'Vuoksi', and 'vuoksi' retains its causal meaning, creating a sentence where both usages appear together.
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