Minka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minka
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Minka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Minka | Minkat | |
| genitive | Minkan | Minkojen | |
| partitive | Minkaa | Minkoja | |
| illative | Minkaan | Minkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Minka | Minkat | |
| accusative | nom. | Minka | Minkat |
| gen. | Minkan | ||
| genitive | Minkan | Minkojen Minkain rare | |
| partitive | Minkaa | Minkoja | |
| inessive | Minkassa | Minkoissa | |
| elative | Minkasta | Minkoista | |
| illative | Minkaan | Minkoihin | |
| adessive | Minkalla | Minkoilla | |
| ablative | Minkalta | Minkoilta | |
| allative | Minkalle | Minkoille | |
| essive | Minkana | Minkoina | |
| translative | Minkaksi | Minkoiksi | |
| abessive | Minkatta | Minkoitta | |
| instructive | — | Minkoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Minka is the 419th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 970 female individuals (and as a middle name to 98 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink / menk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minka f
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Declension of Minka
Further reading
[edit]- Kazimierz Rymut (1995), “Minka”, in Słownik imion współcześnie w Polsce używanych, Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 285
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minka m pers (female equivalent Minková)
- a male surname
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Minka | Minkovia | Minkovci |
| genitive | Minku | Minkov | Minkovcov |
| dative | Minkovi | Minkom | Minkovcom |
| accusative | Minku | Minkov | Minkovcov |
| locative | Minkovi | Minkoch | Minkovcoch |
| instrumental | Minkom | Minkami | Minkovcami |
Further reading
[edit]- “Minka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Polish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iŋkɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iŋkɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Polish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Polish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Polish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/inka
- Rhymes:Polish/inka/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish given names
- Polish female given names
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak personal nouns
- Slovak surnames
- Slovak male surnames
- Slovak terms with declension hrdina