lankku
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish planka, from Middle Low German.
Noun
lankku
- a plank (long, broad and thick piece of sawn timber)
Usage notes
- There's no one exact definition, but generally sawn timber must be at least 38 mm (1,5") thick and 75 mm (3") wide to be called lankku. If the cross-section is close to square, heavy timber will be called parru. A heavy plank may also be called palkki.
Declension
Inflection of lankku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | lankku | lankut | ||
genitive | lankun | lankkujen | ||
partitive | lankkua | lankkuja | ||
illative | lankkuun | lankkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lankku | lankut | ||
accusative | nom. | lankku | lankut | |
gen. | lankun | |||
genitive | lankun | lankkujen | ||
partitive | lankkua | lankkuja | ||
inessive | lankussa | lankuissa | ||
elative | lankusta | lankuista | ||
illative | lankkuun | lankkuihin | ||
adessive | lankulla | lankuilla | ||
ablative | lankulta | lankuilta | ||
allative | lankulle | lankuille | ||
essive | lankkuna | lankkuina | ||
translative | lankuksi | lankuiksi | ||
abessive | lankutta | lankuitta | ||
instructive | — | lankuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN