rako

rako

1. tortoise

From Proto-Finnic *rako (compare Estonian pragu, Ingrian rako, Karelian rako, Votic rako), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian spraga, Lithuanian spraga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑko/, [ˈrɑ̝ko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧ko

rako

1. crack, chink, fissure, slit (narrow opening)
2. slot, slit (narrow aperture meant to receive an inserted object)
3. (geology) joint, geologic joint

• “rako”, 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

• akro-, okra

From Proto-Finnic *rako. Cognates include Finnish rako and dialectal Estonian ragu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑko/, [ˈrɑko̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑko/, [ˈrɑɡ̊o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation: ra‧ko

rako

1. crack

   rako jääs ― a crack in ice

Declension of rako (type 4/koivu, k- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	rako	raot
genitive	raon	rakkoin, rakoloin
partitive	rakkoa	rakoja, rakoloja
illative	rakkoo	rakkoi, rakoloihe
inessive	raos	raois, rakolois
elative	raost	raoist, rakoloist
allative	raolle	raoille, rakoloille
adessive	raol	raoil, rakoloil
ablative	raolt	raoilt, rakoloilt
translative	raoks	raoiks, rakoloiks
essive	rakonna, rakkoon	rakoinna, rakoloinna, rakkoin, rakoloin
exessive1)	rakont	rakoint, rakoloint
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.

• lovi

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461

• (Rizal) IPA^(key): /ˈɾakoʔ/ [ˈɾaː.xoʔ]
• Rhymes: -akoʔ
• Syllabification: ra‧ko

rakò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃᜓ) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

1. Alternative form of dako

• arko, arok, okra, karo

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ko]

rako

1. (transitive) to plait

Conjugation of rako
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	torako	forako	mirako
2nd	norako	nirako
3rd	Masculine	orako	irako, yorako†
Feminine	morako
Neuter	irako
† - archaic

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Finnic *rako.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑko/, [ˈrɑko]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation: ra‧ko

rako

1. gap, crack

Declension of rako (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rako	ragod
genitive	rago	rakojõ, rakoi
partitive	rakkoa	rakoitõ, rakoi
illative	rakkosõ, rakko	rakoisõ
inessive	ragoz	rakoiz
elative	ragossõ	rakoissõ
allative	ragolõ	rakoilõ
adessive	ragollõ	rakoillõ
ablative	ragoltõ	rakoiltõ
translative	ragossi	rakoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “rako”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn