ankur

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse akkeri or Proto-Germanic *ankurô, from Latin ancora. Compare Finnish ankkuri, Ingrian ankkuri; English anchor, Swedish ankare and Middle Low German anker.

Noun

ankur (genitive ankru, partitive ankrut)

1. anchor

Declension

Declension of ankur (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ankur	ankrud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ankru
genitive			ankrute
partitive		ankrut	ankruid
illative		ankrusse	ankrutesse ankruisse
inessive		ankrus	ankrutes ankruis
elative		ankrust	ankrutest ankruist
allative		ankrule	ankrutele ankruile
adessive		ankrul	ankrutel ankruil
ablative		ankrult	ankrutelt ankruilt
translative		ankruks	ankruteks ankruiks
terminative		ankruni	ankruteni
essive		ankruna	ankrutena
abessive		ankruta	ankruteta
comitative		ankruga	ankrutega

Further reading

• “ankur”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ankur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Polish

Alternative forms

• jankur (Lasovia)

Etymology

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Compare Greater Polish ankórka.

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.kur/

Noun

ankur m inan

1. (Lasovia) Synonym of skwapliwość

   Idzie z wielkim ankurem do bitwy. ― He goes with a great eagerness into battle.

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “ankur”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262