lonkka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlankō (“bend, curve, hip, flank”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lonk‧ka
• Rhymes: -oŋkːɑ
• IPA^(key): /loŋkːɑ/

Noun

lonkka

1. (anatomy) hip, haunch

Declension

Inflection of lonkka (Kotus type 10/koira, kk-k gradation)
nominative		lonkka	lonkat
genitive		lonkan	lonkkien
partitive		lonkkaa	lonkkia
illative		lonkkaan	lonkkiin
		singular	plural
nominative		lonkka	lonkat
accusative	nom.	lonkka	lonkat
	gen.	lonkan
genitive		lonkan	lonkkien lonkkainrare
partitive		lonkkaa	lonkkia
inessive		lonkassa	lonkissa
elative		lonkasta	lonkista
illative		lonkkaan	lonkkiin
adessive		lonkalla	lonkilla
ablative		lonkalta	lonkilta
allative		lonkalle	lonkille
essive		lonkkana	lonkkina
translative		lonkaksi	lonkiksi
instructive		—	lonkin
abessive		lonkatta	lonkitta
comitative		—	lonkkineen

Synonyms

• lanne

Compounds

• lonkkanivel (“hip joint”)
• lonkkavika

Anagrams

• kolkan