russakka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian пруса́к (prusák).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrusːɑkːɑ/, [ˈrus̠ːɑ̝kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -usːɑkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): rus‧sak‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): rus‧sak‧ka
- Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
Noun
[edit]russakka
- German cockroach, Blatta germanica
- (mining) A gold nugget between 10 mm to 14 mm by the largest measure, see also kultahippu (“gold nugget”).
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of russakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | russakka | russakat | |
| genitive | russakan | russakoiden russakoitten russakkojen | |
| partitive | russakkaa | russakoita russakkoja | |
| illative | russakkaan | russakoihin russakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | russakka | russakat | |
| accusative | nom. | russakka | russakat |
| gen. | russakan | ||
| genitive | russakan | russakoiden russakoitten russakkojen russakkain rare | |
| partitive | russakkaa | russakoita russakkoja | |
| inessive | russakassa | russakoissa | |
| elative | russakasta | russakoista | |
| illative | russakkaan | russakoihin russakkoihin | |
| adessive | russakalla | russakoilla | |
| ablative | russakalta | russakoilta | |
| allative | russakalle | russakoille | |
| essive | russakkana | russakkoina | |
| translative | russakaksi | russakoiksi | |
| abessive | russakatta | russakoitta | |
| instructive | — | russakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Hypernyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “russakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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