sulka

From Proto-Finnic *sulka, likely from Proto-Uralic *tulka (see the Proto-Finnic entry for details). Cognates include Estonian sulg, Erzya толга (tolga) and Hungarian toll.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulkɑ/, [ˈs̠ulkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulkɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): sul‧ka

sulka

1. (stiff) feather, more specifically a flight feather (stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail used in flying)
2. windscreen wiper's rubber blade
3. (colloquial) shuttle (short for the shuttlecock used in badminton)

   Synonym: sulkapallo

See the usage notes at höyhen.

• höyhen
• untuva

• “sulka”, 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

• Klaus, kalsu, lasku

From Proto-Finnic *sulka. Cognates include Finnish sulka and Estonian sulg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsulkɑ/, [ˈs̠uɫk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsulkɑ/, [ˈʃuɫɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulk, -ulkɑ
• Hyphenation: sul‧ka

sulka

1. feather
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Linnuul olliit kultaiset sulat hänes.

     The bird had golden feathers on it.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:

     Hänel ono jääneet vaa nahka sulkiinka ja luut.

     On him only skin, feathers and bones remain.

Declension of sulka (type 3/koira, k- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sulka	sulat
genitive	sulan	sulkiin
partitive	sulkaa	sulkia
illative	sulkaa	sulkii
inessive	sulas	sulis
elative	sulast	sulist
allative	sulalle	sulille
adessive	sulal	sulil
ablative	sulalt	sulilt
translative	sulaks	suliks
essive	sulkanna, sulkaan	sulkinna, sulkiin
exessive1)	sulkant	sulkint
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.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сулга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 549