mölkky
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word was invented by the developer of the game in 1996; possibly inspired by the word pölkky (“block of wood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mölkky
- A recreational lawn game played with numbered wooden pegs (called keila), somewhat similar to skittles.
- The "master" peg in this game, which is used to throw at the numbered pegs to earn points.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mölkky (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | mölkky | mölkyt | |
genitive | mölkyn | mölkkyjen | |
partitive | mölkkyä | mölkkyjä | |
illative | mölkkyyn | mölkkyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mölkky | mölkyt | |
accusative | nom. | mölkky | mölkyt |
gen. | mölkyn | ||
genitive | mölkyn | mölkkyjen | |
partitive | mölkkyä | mölkkyjä | |
inessive | mölkyssä | mölkyissä | |
elative | mölkystä | mölkyistä | |
illative | mölkkyyn | mölkkyihin | |
adessive | mölkyllä | mölkyillä | |
ablative | mölkyltä | mölkyiltä | |
allative | mölkylle | mölkyille | |
essive | mölkkynä | mölkkyinä | |
translative | mölkyksi | mölkyiksi | |
abessive | mölkyttä | mölkyittä | |
instructive | — | mölkyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mölkky”, 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