taakka
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚨᚲᚲᚨᛉ (*stakkaʀ) (compare Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
taakka
- burden
- Taakka oli yksinkertaisesti liian raskas kantaa.
- The burden was simply too much to carry.
- valkoisen miehen taakka ― white man's burden
- pack
Declension
Inflection of taakka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | taakka | taakat | |
genitive | taakan | taakkojen | |
partitive | taakkaa | taakkoja | |
illative | taakkaan | taakkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | taakka | taakat | |
accusative | nom. | taakka | taakat |
gen. | taakan | ||
genitive | taakan | taakkojen taakkain rare | |
partitive | taakkaa | taakkoja | |
inessive | taakassa | taakoissa | |
elative | taakasta | taakoista | |
illative | taakkaan | taakkoihin | |
adessive | taakalla | taakoilla | |
ablative | taakalta | taakoilta | |
allative | taakalle | taakoille | |
essive | taakkana | taakkoina | |
translative | taakaksi | taakoiksi | |
abessive | taakatta | taakoitta | |
instructive | — | taakoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |