kurkku

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkurkːu]
• Rhymes: -urkːu
• Hyphenation: kurk‧ku

[edit] Etymology 1

From Swedish gurka, German Gurke.

[edit] Noun

kurkku (stem kurk-^*)

1. A cucumber (vine and vegetable).
2. A pickle (pickled cucumber)

[edit] Derived terms

• avomaankurkku
• herkkukurkku
• kurkkusalaatti
• maustekurkku
• suolakurkku
• valkosipulisuolakurkku
• voileipäkurkku

[edit] Etymology 2

Of Finno-Ugric origin, cognate with Estonian, Livonian and Veps kurk. Possibly early Indoeuropean influence, compare French gorge, Portuguese and Spanish garganta, Bosnian and Serbian grk, Russian горло (górlo).

[edit] Noun

kurkku (stem kurk-^*)

1. (anatomy) A throat (gullet).
2. A throat (front part of the neck).
3. A throat (narrow opening).
   • kaasuttimen kurkku
     • the throat of a carburator