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pokko

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Karelian

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Regional variants of pokko
North Karelian
(Viena)
pokko
South Karelian
(Tver)
bokko

Etymology

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From an endearing form of dialectal Russian боран (boran).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpokːo/
  • Hyphenation: pok‧ko

Noun

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pokko (genitive pokon, partitive pokkuo)

  1. (North Karelian) ram (male sheep)

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of pokko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative pokko pokot
genitive pokon pokkojen
partitive pokkuo pokkoja
illative pokkoh pokkoloih
inessive pokošša pokkoloissa
elative pokošta pokkoloista
adessive pokolla pokkoloilla
ablative pokolta pokkoloilta
translative pokokši pokkoloiksi
essive pokkona pokkoloina
comitative pokkoloineh
abessive pokotta pokkoloitta
Possessive forms of pokko
1st person pokkoni
2nd person pokkoš
3rd person pokkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Descendants

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  • Finnish: pokko (dialectal)

References

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  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “баран”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN