akka

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Northern Sami áhkku is possibly an old loan from Finnish, explaining the irregular correspondence of -a- to -á-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝kːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ak‧ka

akka

1. hag, crone (old woman)
2. (derogatory) woman; wife; hag, witch
3. (informal, chess, card games) queen, bitch

   hertta-akka ― queen of hearts

• (old woman): eukko
• (woman): nainen, ämmä, muija
• (wife): vaimo, eukko, muija, rouva
• (queen): kuningatar, rouva

• ukko

• korttipakka

• “akka”, 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 2023-07-02

• kaka

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka and Veps ak.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkː, -ɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation: ak‧ka

akka

1. old woman
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:

     On peeni ja niin vohma veel,
     Ni anteeks antaa voip,
     A akalle, miks jurma on,
     Saap antaa pleettiä!"

     He is young and such a fool,
     That he can forgive,
     But the old woman, how brave she is,
     He's able to give the whip!"

2. Synonym of akko (“shingle holder”)

Declension of akka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	akka	akat
genitive	akan	akkoin
partitive	akkaa	akkoja
illative	akkaa	akkoi
inessive	akas	akois
elative	akast	akoist
allative	akalle	akoille
adessive	akal	akoil
ablative	akalt	akoilt
translative	akaks	akoiks
essive	akkanna, akkaan	akkoinna, akkoin
exessive1)	akkant	akkoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• ämmä, ämmö, staruhha

• ukko, äijä, starikka (“old man”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 9
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18

akka

1. Rōmaji transcription of あっか

Regional variants of akka

North Karelian (Viena)	akka
South Karelian (Tver)	akka

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/
• Hyphenation: ak‧ka

akka (genitive akan, partitive akkua)

1. wife
2. old woman; hag

Viena Karelian declension of akka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	akka	akat
genitive	akan	akkojen
partitive	akkua	akkoja
illative	akkah	akkoih
inessive	akašša	akoissa
elative	akašta	akoista
adessive	akalla	akoilla
ablative	akalta	akoilta
translative	akakši	akoiksi
essive	akkana	akkoina
comitative	—	akoineh
abessive	akatta	akoitta

Tver Karelian declension of akka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	akka	akat
genitive	akan	akoin
partitive	akkua	akkoida
illative	akkah	akkoih
inessive	akašša	akoissa
elative	akašta	akoista
adessive	akalla	akoilla
ablative	akalda	akoilda
translative	akakši	akoiksi
essive	akkana	akkoina
comitative	akanke	akoinke
abessive	akatta	akoitta

Possessive forms of akka
1st person	akkani
2nd person	akkaš
3rd person	akkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• (old woman): (dialectal, derogatory) ämmä

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “akka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.kɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²ɑk.kɑ/

akka n

1. definite plural of akk

akka (present tense akkar, past tense akka, past participle akka, passive infinitive akkast, present participle akkande, imperative akka/akk)

1. alternative form of akke

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• Hyphenation: akk‧a

akka f (genitive ǫkku, plural ǫkkur)

1. arrow

Variant orthographies

ALIV	akka
Brazilian standard	akka
New Tribes	acca

• IPA^(key): [akka]

akka

1. (transitive) to make (a curiara, a kind of wooden canoe)

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “akka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon