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See also: våkkå
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vakka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vāks (“lid, cover”), Lithuanian vókas (“cover, eyelid”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vakka
- A roundish, voluminous container equipped with a cap.
- (in particular) A type of wooden container of varying size, made of bent thin board to make it strong and light, usually equipped with a close fitting cap.
- vakka kantensa valitsee ― a man is known by the company he keeps (literally, “a vakka chooses its cap”)
- bushel
- pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla ― to hide one's light under a bushel
- (historical) A premetric unit of dry volume used in Sweden (halvspann in Swedish) and Finland. According to a 1665 regulation, equal to 36.64 liters, quite close to an imperial bushel.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vakka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | vakka | vakat | |
genitive | vakan | vakkojen | |
partitive | vakkaa | vakkoja | |
illative | vakkaan | vakkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vakka | vakat | |
accusative | nom. | vakka | vakat |
gen. | vakan | ||
genitive | vakan | vakkojen vakkain rare | |
partitive | vakkaa | vakkoja | |
inessive | vakassa | vakoissa | |
elative | vakasta | vakoista | |
illative | vakkaan | vakkoihin | |
adessive | vakalla | vakoilla | |
ablative | vakalta | vakoilta | |
allative | vakalle | vakoille | |
essive | vakkana | vakkoina | |
translative | vakaksi | vakoiksi | |
abessive | vakatta | vakoitta | |
instructive | — | vakoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vakka”, 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 2023-07-04
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vakka. Cognates include Finnish vakka and Estonian vakk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑkː, -ɑkːɑ
- Hyphenation: vak‧ka
Noun
[edit]vakka
- a type of oval container with a lid used to store seeds
- a unit of dry volume equivalent to around 36.64 liters
Usage notes
[edit]- One vakka is equal to four kappa.
Declension
[edit]Declension of vakka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vakka | vakat |
genitive | vakan | vakkoin |
partitive | vakkaa | vakkoja |
illative | vakkaa | vakkoi |
inessive | vakas | vakois |
elative | vakast | vakoist |
allative | vakalle | vakoille |
adessive | vakal | vakoil |
ablative | vakalt | vakoilt |
translative | vakaks | vakoiks |
essive | vakkanna, vakkaan | vakkoinna, vakkoin |
exessive1) | vakkant | vakkoint |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 633
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka, “kidney”).
Noun
[edit]vakka n
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | vakkaṃ | vakkāni |
Accusative (second) | vakkaṃ | vakkāni |
Instrumental (third) | vakkena | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ | vakkānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vakkassa | vakkānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke | vakkesu |
Vocative (calling) | vakka | vakkāni |
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit वक्र (vakra, “crooked”).
Adjective
[edit]vakka
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "vakka" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vakko | vakkā |
Accusative (second) | vakkaṃ | vakke |
Instrumental (third) | vakkena | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ | vakkānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vakkassa | vakkānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke | vakkesu |
Vocative (calling) | vakka | vakkā |
Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | vakkaṃ | vakkāni |
Accusative (second) | vakkaṃ | vakkāni |
Instrumental (third) | vakkena | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ | vakkānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā | vakkehi or vakkebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vakkassa | vakkānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke | vakkesu |
Vocative (calling) | vakka | vakkāni |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pakka”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
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