silkka
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from sil- + -kka: sileä with a substitution of the adjective ending (-eA ~ -kkA). Alternatively a Sami borrowing (compare Northern Sami čielggas).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]silkka (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of silkka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | silkka | silkat | |
| genitive | silkan | silkkojen | |
| partitive | silkkaa | silkkoja | |
| illative | silkkaan | silkkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | silkka | silkat | |
| accusative | nom. | silkka | silkat |
| gen. | silkan | ||
| genitive | silkan | silkkojen silkkain rare | |
| partitive | silkkaa | silkkoja | |
| inessive | silkassa | silkoissa | |
| elative | silkasta | silkoista | |
| illative | silkkaan | silkkoihin | |
| adessive | silkalla | silkoilla | |
| ablative | silkalta | silkoilta | |
| allative | silkalle | silkoille | |
| essive | silkkana | silkkoina | |
| translative | silkaksi | silkoiksi | |
| abessive | silkatta | silkoitta | |
| instructive | — | silkoin | |
| comitative | — | silkkoine | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ylikoski, Jussi: Saamelaisia etymologisia lisiä (2010). SUST 259. pp. 383—395
Further reading
[edit]- “silkka”, 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