akka

Finnish

(index ak)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Northern Sami áhkku is possibly an old loan from Finnish, explaining the irregular correspondence of -a- to -á-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation: ak‧ka

Noun

akka

1. hag, crone (old woman)
2. (derogatory) woman; wife; hag, witch
3. (informal, chess, card games) queen, bitch
   • hertta-akka = queen of hearts

Declension

Inflection of akka (Kotus type 9/kala, k- gradation)
nominative		akka	akat
genitive		akan	akkojen
partitive		akkaa	akkoja
illative		akkaan	akkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		akka	akat
accusative	nom.	akka	akat
	gen.	akan
genitive		akan	akkojen akkainrare
partitive		akkaa	akkoja
inessive		akassa	akoissa
elative		akasta	akoista
illative		akkaan	akkoihin
adessive		akalla	akoilla
ablative		akalta	akoilta
allative		akalle	akoille
essive		akkana	akkoina
translative		akaksi	akoiksi
instructive		—	akoin
abessive		akatta	akoitta
comitative		—	akkoineen

Synonyms

• (old woman): eukko
• (woman): nainen, ämmä, muija
• (wife): vaimo, eukko, muija, rouva
• (queen): kuningatar, rouva

See also

• ukko

Derived terms

Derived terms

• akallinen
• akaton

• akkamainen
• akkautua

Compounds

compounds

• akkainlehti
• akkavalta
• akankaali
• akansieni
• akanvirta
• hertta-akka

• juoruakka
• noita-akka
• pata-akka
• ristiakka
• ruutuakka

See also

• korttipakka

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Japanese

Romanization

akka

1. Rōmaji transcription of あっか

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: akk‧a

Noun

akka f (genitive ǫkku, plural ǫkkur)

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Declension

  Declension of akka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akka	akkan	ǫkkur	ǫkkurnar
accusative	ǫkku	ǫkkuna	ǫkkur	ǫkkanar
dative	ǫkku	ǫkkunni	ǫkkum	ǫkkunum
genitive	ǫkku	ǫkkunnar	akkna	akknanna