vakka

From Proto-Finnic *vakka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vāks (“lid, cover”), Lithuanian vókas (“cover, eyelid”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝kːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vak‧ka

 

vakka

1. A roundish, voluminous container equipped with a cap.
2. (in particular) A type of wooden container of varying size, made of bent thin board to make it strong and light, usually equipped with a close fitting cap.

   vakka kantensa valitsee ― a man is known by the company he keeps (literally, “a vakka chooses its cap”)

3. bushel

   pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla ― to hide one's light under a bushel

4. (historical) A premetric unit of dry volume used in Sweden (halvspann in Swedish) and Finland. According to a 1665 regulation, equal to 36.64 liters, quite close to an imperial bushel.

   Coordinate terms: kappa (1/8 of "vakka"), tynnyri (4 times "vakka")

• “vakka”, 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 2023-07-04

• kvaak

From Proto-Finnic *vakka. Cognates include Finnish vakka and Estonian vakk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkː, -ɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation: vak‧ka

vakka

1. a type of oval container with a lid used to store seeds
2. a unit of dry volume equivalent to around 36.64 liters

• One vakka is equal to four kappa.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 633

Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka, “kidney”).

vakka n

1. kidney

Inherited from Sanskrit वक्र (vakra, “crooked”).

vakka

1. crooked

• vaṅka

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pakka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead