nelikko
Appearance
See also: nelikkö
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *neljikkoi. Equivalent to neljä (“four”) + -ikko.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nelikko
- quartet, group of four
- quadruplet (sequence of four elements)
- (historical) A unit of measure equal to ¼ tynnyri, or 41.22 liters as a dry measure, 31.41 liters as a liquid measure; roughly comparable with English firkin, which is defined as one fourth of a barrel.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nelikko (Kotus type 4*A/laatikko, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | nelikko | nelikot | |
genitive | nelikon | nelikkojen nelikoiden nelikoitten | |
partitive | nelikkoa | nelikkoja nelikoita | |
illative | nelikkoon | nelikkoihin nelikoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nelikko | nelikot | |
accusative | nom. | nelikko | nelikot |
gen. | nelikon | ||
genitive | nelikon | nelikkojen nelikoiden nelikoitten | |
partitive | nelikkoa | nelikkoja nelikoita | |
inessive | nelikossa | nelikoissa | |
elative | nelikosta | nelikoista | |
illative | nelikkoon | nelikkoihin nelikoihin | |
adessive | nelikolla | nelikoilla | |
ablative | nelikolta | nelikoilta | |
allative | nelikolle | nelikoille | |
essive | nelikkona | nelikkoina | |
translative | nelikoksi | nelikoiksi | |
abessive | nelikotta | nelikoitta | |
instructive | — | nelikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “nelikko”, 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
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[edit]Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ikko (-kko)
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elikːo
- Rhymes:Finnish/elikːo/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- Finnish laatikko-type nominals