torakka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian тарака́н (tarakán) (dialectal Russian торока́н (torokán)),[1][2] possibly from Turkic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torakka
- cockroach (black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of torakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | torakka | torakat | ||
genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen | ||
partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | ||
illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | torakka | torakat | ||
accusative | nom. | torakka | torakat | |
gen. | torakan | |||
genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen torakkain rare | ||
partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | ||
inessive | torakassa | torakoissa | ||
elative | torakasta | torakoista | ||
illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | ||
adessive | torakalla | torakoilla | ||
ablative | torakalta | torakoilta | ||
allative | torakalle | torakoille | ||
essive | torakkana | torakkoina | ||
translative | torakaksi | torakoiksi | ||
abessive | torakatta | torakoitta | ||
instructive | — | torakoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms[edit]
- russakka (“German cockroach”)
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
References[edit]
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “torakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03