mölkky
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The word was invented by the developer of the game in 1996; possibly inspired by the word pölkky (“block of wood”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mölkky
- A recreational lawn game played with numbered wooden pegs (called keila), somewhat similar to skittles.
- The "master" peg in this game, which is used to throw at the numbered pegs to earn points.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of mölkky (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mölkky | mölkyt | ||
genitive | mölkyn | mölkkyjen | ||
partitive | mölkkyä | mölkkyjä | ||
illative | mölkkyyn | mölkkyihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mölkky | mölkyt | ||
accusative | nom. | mölkky | mölkyt | |
gen. | mölkyn | |||
genitive | mölkyn | mölkkyjen | ||
partitive | mölkkyä | mölkkyjä | ||
inessive | mölkyssä | mölkyissä | ||
elative | mölkystä | mölkyistä | ||
illative | mölkkyyn | mölkkyihin | ||
adessive | mölkyllä | mölkyillä | ||
ablative | mölkyltä | mölkyiltä | ||
allative | mölkylle | mölkyille | ||
essive | mölkkynä | mölkkyinä | ||
translative | mölkyksi | mölkyiksi | ||
abessive | mölkyttä | mölkyittä | ||
instructive | — | mölkyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mölkky”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03