pinkka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from dialectal Swedish binke (standard binge). Alternatively derived like pin- + -kka with an irregular loss of -o-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pinkka
- a pile or stack
- (military slang) a bedspread folded in a very particular way onto a square stool beside one's bunk bed before lights-out
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pinkka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | pinkka | pinkat | |
genitive | pinkan | pinkkojen | |
partitive | pinkkaa | pinkkoja | |
illative | pinkkaan | pinkkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pinkka | pinkat | |
accusative | nom. | pinkka | pinkat |
gen. | pinkan | ||
genitive | pinkan | pinkkojen pinkkain rare | |
partitive | pinkkaa | pinkkoja | |
inessive | pinkassa | pinkoissa | |
elative | pinkasta | pinkoista | |
illative | pinkkaan | pinkkoihin | |
adessive | pinkalla | pinkoilla | |
ablative | pinkalta | pinkoilta | |
allative | pinkalle | pinkoille | |
essive | pinkkana | pinkkoina | |
translative | pinkaksi | pinkoiksi | |
abessive | pinkatta | pinkoitta | |
instructive | — | pinkoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “pinkka”, 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