pokka
Finnish
Etymology
Slang derivation of pokeri, pokerinaama (“poker face”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pokka
- (colloquial) poker (game)
- (colloquial) poker face
- Erkin pokka pitää kaikissa tilanteissa.
- Erik keeps his poker face in all situations.
- (colloquial) guts, courage
Declension
Inflection of pokka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pokka | pokat | ||
genitive | pokan | pokkien | ||
partitive | pokkaa | pokkia | ||
illative | pokkaan | pokkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pokka | pokat | ||
accusative | nom. | pokka | pokat | |
gen. | pokan | |||
genitive | pokan | pokkien pokkain rare | ||
partitive | pokkaa | pokkia | ||
inessive | pokassa | pokissa | ||
elative | pokasta | pokista | ||
illative | pokkaan | pokkiin | ||
adessive | pokalla | pokilla | ||
ablative | pokalta | pokilta | ||
allative | pokalle | pokille | ||
essive | pokkana | pokkina | ||
translative | pokaksi | pokiksi | ||
abessive | pokatta | pokitta | ||
instructive | — | pokin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Compounds
Anagrams
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Noun
pokka
- A christmas-ham, or pressed ham.