-kki

From Proto-Finnic *-kkëi, cognate with Estonian -k(i), Erzya -ке (-ke). Equivalent to -kka +‎ -i, and originally allomorphic with some uses of -kko (see -o).

-kki

1. Creates action nouns from verbs.

   ‎levitä (“to spread”) + ‎-kki → ‎levikki (“circulation of a newspaper”)

   ‎mennä (kaupaksi) (“to sell”) + ‎-kki → ‎menekki (“sales, demand”)

   ‎hävitä (“to disappear. lose”) + ‎-kki → ‎hävikki (“loss (accounting)”)

2. Creates diminutive nouns from verb that indicate the object of an action.

   ‎ajaa (“to drive”) + ‎-kki → ‎ajokki (“vehicle”)

   ‎hoitaa (“to care”) + ‎-kki → ‎hoidokki (“patient”)

   ‎lempiä (“to love”) + ‎-kki → ‎lemmikki (“pet”)

3. Creates nouns that indicate similarity, allegory or diminutiveness. The relationship is sometimes obscure.

   ‎valo (“light”) + ‎-kki → ‎valokki

   ‎hanhi (“goose”) + ‎-kki → ‎hanhikki

   ‎punainen (“red”) + ‎-kki → ‎punikki (“socialist (derogatory)”)

   ‎seitti (“gossamer, fine thread”) + ‎-kki → ‎seitikki (“webcap”)

   ‎tyrä + ‎-kki → ‎tyräkki

4. Creates female given names, especially for cows.

   ‎ainoa (“only”) + ‎-kki → ‎Ainokki

   ‎mieliä (“to desire”) + ‎-kki → ‎Mielikki

   ‎musta (“black”) + ‎-kki → ‎Mustikki

   ‎sarvi (“horn”) + ‎-kki → ‎Sarvikki

   ‎tuuli (“wind”) + ‎-kki → ‎Tuulikki

In some cases the usage is largely synonymous with -kko. As an example, the noun asukki (“inhabitant, often unwanted or temporary one”) from the verb asua (“to live in”) might as well be asukko.

From Proto-Finnic *-kkëi. Cognates include Finnish -kki and Estonian -k.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-kːi/, [-kːi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-kːi/, [-kːi]

-kki

1. Used to form nouns from verbs denoting an object of the action.

   ‎söövvä (“eat”) + ‎-kki → ‎söökki (“nutrition”)

2. Used to form given names, especially for cows.

• IPA^(key): /-kːi/

-kki

1. thy, your

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383