kurkku

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurkːu/, [ˈkurkːu]
• Hyphenation: kurk‧ku
• Rhymes: -urkːu

Declension

Inflection of kurkku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative		kurkku	kurkut
genitive		kurkun	kurkkujen
partitive		kurkkua	kurkkuja
illative		kurkkuun	kurkkuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kurkku	kurkut
accusative	nom.	kurkku	kurkut
	gen.	kurkun
genitive		kurkun	kurkkujen
partitive		kurkkua	kurkkuja
inessive		kurkussa	kurkuissa
elative		kurkusta	kurkuista
illative		kurkkuun	kurkkuihin
adessive		kurkulla	kurkuilla
ablative		kurkulta	kurkuilta
allative		kurkulle	kurkuille
essive		kurkkuna	kurkkuina
translative		kurkuksi	kurkuiksi
instructive		—	kurkuin
abessive		kurkutta	kurkuitta
comitative		—	kurkkuineen

Etymology 1

From Swedish gurka, German Gurke, ultimately from a Slavic language.

Noun

kurkku

1. cucumber (vine and vegetable)
2. pickle (pickled cucumber)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• avomaankurkku
• herkkukurkku
• kurkkusalaatti
• maustekurkku

• suolakurkku
• valkosipulisuolakurkku
• voileipäkurkku

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku (compare Estonian, Livonian and Veps kurk), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (compare Old Norse kverk, Swedish Kvarken), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).

Noun

kurkku

1. (anatomy) throat (gullet)
2. throat (front part of the neck)
3. throat (narrow opening)

   kaasuttimen kurkku

   the throat of a carburettor

Derived terms

• kurkkua myöten täynnä