torakka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian тарака́н (tarakán) (dialectal Russian торока́н (torokán)),[1][2] possibly from Turkic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtorɑkːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rɑ̝kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -orɑkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): to‧rak‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): to‧rak‧ka
Noun
[edit]torakka
- cockroach (black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of torakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | torakka | torakat | |
| genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen | |
| partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | |
| illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | torakka | torakat | |
| accusative | nom. | torakka | torakat |
| gen. | torakan | ||
| genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen torakkain rare | |
| partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | |
| inessive | torakassa | torakoissa | |
| elative | torakasta | torakoista | |
| illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | |
| adessive | torakalla | torakoilla | |
| ablative | torakalta | torakoilta | |
| allative | torakalle | torakoille | |
| essive | torakkana | torakkoina | |
| translative | torakaksi | torakoiksi | |
| abessive | torakatta | torakoitta | |
| instructive | — | torakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Hyponyms
[edit]- russakka (“German cockroach”)
Derived terms
[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
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “torakka”, 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
