kurki

See also: Kurki

Estonian

Noun

kurki

1. partitive singular of kurk
2. illative singular of kurk

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurki, from Proto-Uralic *kurke, itself an onomatopoeic word. Cognates include Estonian kurg, Northern Sami guorga and Erzya карго (kargo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurki/, [ˈkurki]
• Rhymes: -urki
• Syllabification^(key): kur‧ki

Noun

kurki

1. crane, Grus grus (large wading bird)
2. Any bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
3. stilt or handle of a plough

Declension

Inflection of kurki (Kotus type 7*L/ovi, k-j gradation)
nominative		kurki	kurjet
genitive		kurjen	kurkien
partitive		kurkea	kurkia
illative		kurkeen	kurkiin
		singular	plural
nominative		kurki	kurjet
accusative	nom.	kurki	kurjet
	gen.	kurjen
genitive		kurjen	kurkien
partitive		kurkea	kurkia
inessive		kurjessa	kurjissa
elative		kurjesta	kurjista
illative		kurkeen	kurkiin
adessive		kurjella	kurjilla
ablative		kurjelta	kurjilta
allative		kurjelle	kurjille
essive		kurkena	kurkina
translative		kurjeksi	kurjiksi
instructive		—	kurjin
abessive		kurjetta	kurjitta
comitative		—	kurkineen

Possessive forms of kurki (type ovi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kurkeni	kurkemme
2nd person	kurkesi	kurkenne
3rd person	kurkensa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• helttakurki
• kotilokurki
• kruunukurki
• kurkihirsi
• kurkiaura
• kyssäkurki
• neitokurki
• nostokurki

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurkiˣ/, [ˈkurki(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -urki
• Syllabification^(key): kur‧ki

Verb

kurki

1. present active indicative connegative of kurkkia
2. second-person singular present imperative of kurkkia
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kurkkia

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

• irkku, rukki, urkki

Ingrian

Kurki.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkurki/, [ˈkurk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkurki/, [ˈkurɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -urk, -urki
• Hyphenation: kur‧ki

Noun

kurki

1. crane
   • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Kärpäin lentää. Kurki harkkii.

     The fly flies. The crane paces around.

Declension

Declension of kurki (type 5/lehti, k- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurki	kuret
genitive	kuren	kurkiin, kurkiloin
partitive	kurkia	kurkija, kurkiloja
illative	kurkee	kurkii, kurkiloihe
inessive	kures	kuris, kurkilois
elative	kurest	kurist, kurkiloist
allative	kurelle	kurille, kurkiloille
adessive	kurel	kuril, kurkiloil
ablative	kurelt	kurilt, kurkiloilt
translative	kureks	kuriks, kurkiloiks
essive	kurkenna, kurkeen	kurkinna, kurkiloinna, kurkiin, kurkiloin
exessive1)	kurkent	kurkint, kurkiloint
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.

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 221

Karelian

Kurki.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki. Cognates include Finnish kurki and Estonian kurg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurki/
• Hyphenation: kur‧ki

Noun

kurki (genitive kuren, partitive kurkie)

1. (North Karelian) crane

Alternative forms

• kurgi (South Karelian)

References

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kurki”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurkʲi/

Noun

kurki

1. inflection of kurka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.ki/
• Rhymes: -urki
• Syllabification: kur‧ki

Noun

kurki f

1. inflection of kurka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

kurki m inan or m anim

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of kurek