eukko
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly an affective + -kko diminutive of emä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eukko
- (somewhat derogatory) an old woman.
- (colloquial, humorous) one's wife.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of eukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | eukko | eukot | |
genitive | eukon | eukkojen | |
partitive | eukkoa | eukkoja | |
illative | eukkoon | eukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | eukko | eukot | |
accusative | nom. | eukko | eukot |
gen. | eukon | ||
genitive | eukon | eukkojen | |
partitive | eukkoa | eukkoja | |
inessive | eukossa | eukoissa | |
elative | eukosta | eukoista | |
illative | eukkoon | eukkoihin | |
adessive | eukolla | eukoilla | |
ablative | eukolta | eukoilta | |
allative | eukolle | eukoille | |
essive | eukkona | eukkoina | |
translative | eukoksi | eukoiksi | |
abessive | eukotta | eukoitta | |
instructive | — | eukoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “eukko”, 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 2023-07-02