talka

See also: tálka

Latvian

Noun

talka f (4th declension)

1. joint work
2. help
3. assistance

Declension

Declension of talka (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	talka	talkas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	talku	talkas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	talkas	talku
dative (datīvs)	talkai	talkām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	talku	talkām
locative (lokatīvs)	talkā	talkās
vocative (vokatīvs)	talka	talkas

Related terms

• talkot

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Lithuanian

Etymology

• From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *tolkaʔ. Cognate with Latvian talka and Polish tłoka.

Pronunciation

• (talkà) IPA^(key): [tɐlˈkɐ]
• (tal̃ka) IPA^(key): [ˈtɐlkɐ]

Noun

talkà f stress pattern 4

1. cooperated voluntary work (chiefly communal and agricultural)

   rugiapjūtės talka - cooperated harvest

2. assistance

   ateiti į talką - to come to help

3. gathered crowd

Declension

Declension of talkà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	talkà	tal̃kos
genitive (kilmininkas)	talkõs	talkų̃
dative (naudininkas)	tal̃kai	talkóms
accusative (galininkas)	tal̃ką	talkàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	talkà	talkomìs
locative (vietininkas)	talkojè	talkosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	tal̃ka	tal̃kos

Note: Besides this table, there is an illative singular form talkõn.

Synonyms

• (assistance): pagelbėjimas, pagalba

Related terms

• (verb) telkti

Derived terms

• (noun) talkininkas m

See also

• (crowd): minia

References

• “talka” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN