horkka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly related to northeastern dialectal Estonian ork (“flu, cold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhorkːɑ/, [ˈho̞rkːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -orkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): hork‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): hork‧ka
Noun
[edit]horkka
- (pathology) ague, malaria
- Synonyms: horkkatauti, malaria
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of horkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horkka | horkat | |
| genitive | horkan | horkkien | |
| partitive | horkkaa | horkkia | |
| illative | horkkaan | horkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | horkka | horkat | |
| accusative | nom. | horkka | horkat |
| gen. | horkan | ||
| genitive | horkan | horkkien horkkain rare | |
| partitive | horkkaa | horkkia | |
| inessive | horkassa | horkissa | |
| elative | horkasta | horkista | |
| illative | horkkaan | horkkiin | |
| adessive | horkalla | horkilla | |
| ablative | horkalta | horkilta | |
| allative | horkalle | horkille | |
| essive | horkkana | horkkina | |
| translative | horkaksi | horkiksi | |
| abessive | horkatta | horkitta | |
| instructive | — | horkin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “horkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023