ruikko

Ingrian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrui̯kːo/, [ˈrui̯kːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrui̯kːoi̯/, [ˈrui̯kːo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ui̯kːo, -ui̯kːoi̯
• Hyphenation: ruik‧ko

Noun

ruikko

1. pox
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 90:

     Miljonija väkkiä kooli ruikon, halerin, cuman epidemian aikaan.

     Millions of people died during the time of the epidemic of pox, cholera, the plague.

Declension

Declension of ruikko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ruikko	ruikot
genitive	ruikon	ruikkoin, ruikkoloin
partitive	ruikkoa	ruikkoja, ruikkoloja
illative	ruikkoo	ruikkoi, ruikkoloihe
inessive	ruikoos	ruikois, ruikkolois
elative	ruikost	ruikoist, ruikkoloist
allative	ruikolle	ruikoille, ruikkoloille
adessive	ruikool	ruikoil, ruikkoloil
ablative	ruikolt	ruikoilt, ruikkoloilt
translative	ruikoks	ruikoiks, ruikkoloiks
essive	ruikkonna, ruikkoon	ruikkoinna, ruikkoloinna, ruikkoin, ruikkoloin
exessive1)	ruikkont	ruikkoint, ruikkoloint
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.

Derived terms

• ruikokas

 

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “руйкотъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 490