Ukko
Appearance
See also: ukko
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ukko. As a name for the Finnic deity, this is a euphemism; the real name of the god is uncertain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ukko
- (Finnic mythology) The god of heaven, often mentioned with the epithet ylijumala (“supreme god”).
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:304-308:
- Oi Ukko, ylijumala, / Ukko, pilvien pitäjä, / Hattarojen hallitsija! / Taivas auoksi avaos, / Ilma kaikki ikkunoiksi!
- O thou Ukko, god of gods, / Ukko, keeper of the clouds, / Ruler of the random cloudlets! / Open up the heavens wide, / All the windows of the sky!
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:304-308:
- a male given name
- 1988, Ella Ojala, Pitkä kotimatka, Tammi, published 2005, →ISBN, page 300:
- —No, tottahan se on, Ukko Barndik sanoi:—Ei miunkaan nimeni ole tavallinen―mie olen Ukko, enkä mikkään ukko. Se on suomalainen nimi.
- —Well, it's true, Ukko Barndik said:—My name ain't ordinary, either―I'm Ukko, and not any old man (ukko). It's a Finnish name.
- 2017, Terhi Törmälehto, Vaikka vuoret järkkyisivät, Otava, →ISBN, page 222:
- Mira hyppyyttää Ukkoa, sopottaa samalla jotain. Vauva hekottaa.
- Kerroinko minä että Ukko kastettiin sellaisella ikivanhalla pakanarituaalilla? Minulla oli tässä se kausi että kiinnostuin kaikista pakanajutuista. Wiccoista ja muista.- Mira rocks Ukko around and blabbers something. The baby is chuckling.
- Did I tell you that Ukko was baptized with an ancient pagan ritual? I had this phase when I got really interested in pagan stuff. Wiccas and so on.
- Mira rocks Ukko around and blabbers something. The baby is chuckling.
Usage notes
[edit]- The formerly rare given name has become more common in the 2000s.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Ukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ukko | Ukot | |
genitive | Ukon | Ukkojen | |
partitive | Ukkoa | Ukkoja | |
illative | Ukkoon | Ukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ukko | Ukot | |
accusative | nom. | Ukko | Ukot |
gen. | Ukon | ||
genitive | Ukon | Ukkojen | |
partitive | Ukkoa | Ukkoja | |
inessive | Ukossa | Ukoissa | |
elative | Ukosta | Ukoista | |
illative | Ukkoon | Ukkoihin | |
adessive | Ukolla | Ukoilla | |
ablative | Ukolta | Ukoilta | |
allative | Ukolle | Ukoille | |
essive | Ukkona | Ukkoina | |
translative | Ukoksi | Ukoiksi | |
abessive | Ukotta | Ukoitta | |
instructive | — | Ukoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Ukko is the 359th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 898 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,506 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.