kolkka
See also: Kolkka
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
- Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.
- (heraldry) canton
Compounds
Etymology 2
Noun
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
Inflection of kolkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
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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
Synonyms
- (bolt): vasama
- (club or mallet): nuija
- (boy assisting in a hunt): kolkkapoika
- (wolf cub): sudenpentu (current term); kolkkapoika (dated, alternative to "kolkka")