pilkku
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pilkka (“mark”) + -u; first adopted to mean "comma" by Finnish physician and translator Erik Alexander Ingman in 1844.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilkku
- comma (punctuation mark ,)
- (mathematics) dot (symbol , used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part)
- spot, dot (small spot or mark)
- (slang) hashish (cannabis extract)
- (colloquial) last call
- (colloquial, soccer) penalty mark; thence: penalty kick, penalty shot
- (mathematics) prime (symbol ′, as in x′)
Usage notes
[edit]In English-speaking countries dot ( . ) is used to separate decimals from the whole part and comma (, ) to separate powers of three, whereas in Finland along with most of continental Europe, the comma is used as the decimal marker. Due to English influence, in speech the "decimal comma" is sometimes read as piste (“dot”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pilkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | pilkku | pilkut | |
genitive | pilkun | pilkkujen | |
partitive | pilkkua | pilkkuja | |
illative | pilkkuun | pilkkuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pilkku | pilkut | |
accusative | nom. | pilkku | pilkut |
gen. | pilkun | ||
genitive | pilkun | pilkkujen | |
partitive | pilkkua | pilkkuja | |
inessive | pilkussa | pilkuissa | |
elative | pilkusta | pilkuista | |
illative | pilkkuun | pilkkuihin | |
adessive | pilkulla | pilkuilla | |
ablative | pilkulta | pilkuilta | |
allative | pilkulle | pilkuille | |
essive | pilkkuna | pilkkuina | |
translative | pilkuksi | pilkuiksi | |
abessive | pilkutta | pilkuitta | |
instructive | — | pilkuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (math symbol): desimaalipilkku
- (small spot): laikku, täplä, piste
- (hashish): hasis
- (last call): valomerkki
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- auringonpilkku
- desimaalipilkku
- homepilkku
- häpeäpilkku
- kauneuspilkku
- kymmenyspilkku
- likapilkku
- napapilkku
- pilkkukuume
- pilkkusilli
- pilkkusääntö
- pilkkuvirhe
- pilkunnussija
- pilkuntarkka
- pilkunviilaaja
- pilkunviilaus
- rangaistuspilkku
- ruostepilkku
- sinipilkkuinen
- teerenpilkku
- tähdenpilkku
- valkopilkkumonninen
- valkopilkkutauti
- valopilkku
- väripilkku
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pilkku”, 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
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognates include Finnish pilkku and dialectal Estonian pilg.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpilkːu/, [ˈpiɫkːŭ̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpilkːu/, [ˈpiɫkːu]
- Rhymes: -ilkːu
- Hyphenation: pilk‧ku
Noun
[edit]pilkku
Declension
[edit]Declension of pilkku (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pilkku | pilkut |
genitive | pilkun | pilkkuin, pilkkuloin |
partitive | pilkkua | pilkkuja, pilkkuloja |
illative | pilkkuu | pilkkui, pilkkuloihe |
inessive | pilkuus | pilkuis, pilkkulois |
elative | pilkust | pilkuist, pilkkuloist |
allative | pilkulle | pilkuille, pilkkuloille |
adessive | pilkuul | pilkuil, pilkkuloil |
ablative | pilkult | pilkuilt, pilkkuloilt |
translative | pilkuks | pilkuiks, pilkkuloiks |
essive | pilkkunna, pilkkuun | pilkkuinna, pilkkuloinna, pilkkuin, pilkkuloin |
exessive1) | pilkkunt | pilkkuint, pilkkuloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 408
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -u
- Finnish terms coined by Erik Alexander Ingman
- Finnish coinages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ilkːu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ilkːu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Mathematics
- Finnish slang
- Finnish colloquialisms
- fi:Football (soccer)
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- fi:Marijuana
- fi:Punctuation marks
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ilkːu
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ilkːu/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns