eukko
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly an affective + -kko diminutive of emä.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eukko
- (somewhat derogatory) an old woman.
- (colloquial, humorous) one's wife.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of eukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | eukko | eukot | ||
genitive | eukon | eukkojen | ||
partitive | eukkoa | eukkoja | ||
illative | eukkoon | eukkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | eukko | eukot | ||
accusative | nom. | eukko | eukot | |
gen. | eukon | |||
genitive | eukon | eukkojen | ||
partitive | eukkoa | eukkoja | ||
inessive | eukossa | eukoissa | ||
elative | eukosta | eukoista | ||
illative | eukkoon | eukkoihin | ||
adessive | eukolla | eukoilla | ||
ablative | eukolta | eukoilta | ||
allative | eukolle | eukoille | ||
essive | eukkona | eukkoina | ||
translative | eukoksi | eukoiksi | ||
abessive | eukotta | eukoitta | ||
instructive | — | eukoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “eukko”, 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 2023-07-02