pontikka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The term is believed to derive from a French wine, Pontet-Canet, which was popular among the Finnish bourgeoisie in the 1800s. When the common people distilled their own drink, they gave it a name that sounds roughly the same. Alternatively possibly from Pontac, with + -kka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pontikka
- moonshine (illegal home-distilled liquor)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pontikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | pontikka | pontikat | |
genitive | pontikan | pontikoiden pontikoitten pontikkojen | |
partitive | pontikkaa | pontikoita pontikkoja | |
illative | pontikkaan | pontikoihin pontikkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pontikka | pontikat | |
accusative | nom. | pontikka | pontikat |
gen. | pontikan | ||
genitive | pontikan | pontikoiden pontikoitten pontikkojen pontikkain rare | |
partitive | pontikkaa | pontikoita pontikkoja | |
inessive | pontikassa | pontikoissa | |
elative | pontikasta | pontikoista | |
illative | pontikkaan | pontikoihin pontikkoihin | |
adessive | pontikalla | pontikoilla | |
ablative | pontikalta | pontikoilta | |
allative | pontikalle | pontikoille | |
essive | pontikkana | pontikkoina | |
translative | pontikaksi | pontikoiksi | |
abessive | pontikatta | pontikoitta | |
instructive | — | pontikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- atomitärpätti
- Juurikan tähkä
- kanttura
- Kiteen kirkas
- korpiroju
- korpikuusen kyynel
- kotipolttoinen
- kuutamoviski
- käsinkudottu
- metsäviini
- ponu
- sorretun voima
- vasenkätinen
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “pontikka”, 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