purkka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]purkka
- (colloquial) chewing gum, bubble gum (type of candy)
- (music) bubblegum (pop music style)
- (slang) kludge, hack (temporary and/or unelegant solution)
Usage notes
[edit]- (kludge, hack): Most often used in partitive.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of purkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | purkka | purkat | |
genitive | purkan | purkkien | |
partitive | purkkaa | purkkia | |
illative | purkkaan | purkkiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | purkka | purkat | |
accusative | nom. | purkka | purkat |
gen. | purkan | ||
genitive | purkan | purkkien purkkain rare | |
partitive | purkkaa | purkkia | |
inessive | purkassa | purkissa | |
elative | purkasta | purkista | |
illative | purkkaan | purkkiin | |
adessive | purkalla | purkilla | |
ablative | purkalta | purkilta | |
allative | purkalle | purkille | |
essive | purkkana | purkkina | |
translative | purkaksi | purkiksi | |
abessive | purkatta | purkitta | |
instructive | — | purkin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (chewing gum): purukumi
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “purkka”, 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