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See also: Pokka
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Slang derivation of pokeri, pokerinaama (“poker face”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pokka (colloquial)
- poker (game)
- poker face
- Erkin pokka pitää kaikissa tilanteissa.
- Erkki keeps his poker face in all situations.
- guts, courage
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pokka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pokka | pokat | ||
genitive | pokan | pokkien | ||
partitive | pokkaa | pokkia | ||
illative | pokkaan | pokkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pokka | pokat | ||
accusative | nom. | pokka | pokat | |
gen. | pokan | |||
genitive | pokan | pokkien pokkain rare | ||
partitive | pokkaa | pokkia | ||
inessive | pokassa | pokissa | ||
elative | pokasta | pokista | ||
illative | pokkaan | pokkiin | ||
adessive | pokalla | pokilla | ||
ablative | pokalta | pokilta | ||
allative | pokalle | pokille | ||
essive | pokkana | pokkina | ||
translative | pokaksi | pokiksi | ||
abessive | pokatta | pokitta | ||
instructive | — | pokin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “pokka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]pokka
- A christmas-ham, or pressed ham.