niukka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from niuha, niu- + -kka (like tiuha ~ tiukka). Similarity with Swedish njugg appears to be a coincidence.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈniu̯kːɑ/, [ˈniu̯kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iukːɑ
- Syllabification(key): niuk‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): niuk‧ka
Adjective
[edit]niukka (comparative niukempi, superlative niukin)
- scanty, scarce, scant, thin
- synonym of täpärä (“low-, having little, having less”)
- (as modifier in compound terms) synonym of vähä-
- niukkaluminen talvi ― snow-scarce winter
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of niukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | niukka | niukat | |
| genitive | niukan | niukkojen | |
| partitive | niukkaa | niukkoja | |
| illative | niukkaan | niukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | niukka | niukat | |
| accusative | nom. | niukka | niukat |
| gen. | niukan | ||
| genitive | niukan | niukkojen niukkain rare | |
| partitive | niukkaa | niukkoja | |
| inessive | niukassa | niukoissa | |
| elative | niukasta | niukoista | |
| illative | niukkaan | niukkoihin | |
| adessive | niukalla | niukoilla | |
| ablative | niukalta | niukoilta | |
| allative | niukalle | niukoille | |
| essive | niukkana | niukkoina | |
| translative | niukaksi | niukoiksi | |
| abessive | niukatta | niukoitta | |
| instructive | — | niukoin | |
| comitative | — | niukkoine | |
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
nouns
proper nouns
Further reading
[edit]- “niukka”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
[edit]Talaud
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.
Noun
[edit]niukka
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -kka
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iukːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iukːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Talaud terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Talaud terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Talaud lemmas
- Talaud nouns