salkku
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *salkku. Related to Ingrian salkku and Karelian salkku. Originally probably meant "bag, bundle".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]salkku
- briefcase, portfolio (case for carrying documents)
- (business) portfolio Ellipsis of arvopaperisalkku (“securities portfolio”).
- (government) portfolio (position and responsibilities of a cabinet minister)
- salkuton ministeri ― minister without portfolio
- (computing) briefcase (a discontinued special folder type in Microsoft Windows)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of salkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | salkku | salkut | |
genitive | salkun | salkkujen | |
partitive | salkkua | salkkuja | |
illative | salkkuun | salkkuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | salkku | salkut | |
accusative | nom. | salkku | salkut |
gen. | salkun | ||
genitive | salkun | salkkujen | |
partitive | salkkua | salkkuja | |
inessive | salkussa | salkuissa | |
elative | salkusta | salkuista | |
illative | salkkuun | salkkuihin | |
adessive | salkulla | salkuilla | |
ablative | salkulta | salkuilta | |
allative | salkulle | salkuille | |
essive | salkkuna | salkkuina | |
translative | salkuksi | salkuiksi | |
abessive | salkutta | salkuitta | |
instructive | — | salkuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “salkku”, 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
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