kolkka
Appearance
See also: Kolkka
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞lkːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -olkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): kolk‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): kolk‧ka
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kolkka (compare Estonian kolk, Karelian kolkka, Votic kolkkõ).
Noun
[edit]kolkka
- corner (edge or extremity; any distant quarter or part)
- Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.
- He lived in a corner of town, which I normally never visited.
- (heraldry) canton
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kolkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| accusative | nom. | kolkka | kolkat |
| gen. | kolkan | ||
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien kolkkain rare | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| inessive | kolkassa | kolkissa | |
| elative | kolkasta | kolkista | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| adessive | kolkalla | kolkilla | |
| ablative | kolkalta | kolkilta | |
| allative | kolkalle | kolkille | |
| essive | kolkkana | kolkkina | |
| translative | kolkaksi | kolkiksi | |
| abessive | kolkatta | kolkitta | |
| instructive | — | kolkin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “1. kolkka”, 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 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from kolkata.
Noun
[edit]kolkka
- bolt (blunt-headed arrow used in hunting small fur animals to knock them out instead of killing so as not to damage the valuable fur)
- A club or mallet used for similar purpose.
- A boy whose task was to assist in hunting by carrying and searching the bolts as well as the prey.
- (by extension, scouting, dated) The denomination of a Cub Scout used from 1940's to 1970's.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kolkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| accusative | nom. | kolkka | kolkat |
| gen. | kolkan | ||
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien kolkkain rare | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| inessive | kolkassa | kolkissa | |
| elative | kolkasta | kolkista | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| adessive | kolkalla | kolkilla | |
| ablative | kolkalta | kolkilta | |
| allative | kolkalle | kolkille | |
| essive | kolkkana | kolkkina | |
| translative | kolkaksi | kolkiksi | |
| abessive | kolkatta | kolkitta | |
| instructive | — | kolkin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
[edit]- (bolt): vasama
- (club or mallet): nuija
- (boy assisting in a hunt): kolkkapoika
- (wolf cub): sudenpentu (current term); kolkkapoika (dated, alternative to "kolkka")
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “2. kolkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kolkka. Cognates include Finnish kolkka and Estonian kolk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞ɫkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞ɫkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -olkː, -olkːɑ
- Hyphenation: kolk‧ka
Noun
[edit]kolkka
Declension
[edit]| Declension of kolkka (type 3/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat |
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkiin |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia |
| illative | kolkkaa | kolkkii |
| inessive | kolkaas | kolkiis |
| elative | kolkast | kolkist |
| allative | kolkalle | kolkille |
| adessive | kolkaal | kolkiil |
| ablative | kolkalt | kolkilt |
| translative | kolkaks | kolkiks |
| essive | kolkkanna, kolkkaan | kolkkinna, kolkkiin |
| exessive1) | kolkkant | kolkkint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 188
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/olkːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/olkːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- fi:Heraldry
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Finnish back-formations
- fi:Scouting
- Finnish dated terms
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/olkː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/olkː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/olkːɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/olkːɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns