huikka
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from dialectal huikka (“tapering, tapered”), since bottles have a tapered shape.[1] That word in turn is related to hui, huippu. May also be influenced by hiukka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhui̯kːɑ/, [ˈhui̯kːɑ]
- Rhymes: -uikːɑ
- Syllabification(key): huik‧ka
Noun
huikka
- (colloquial) A draught (the amount of liquid in one swallow).
Declension
| Inflection of huikka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | huikka | huikat | |
| genitive | huikan | huikkien | |
| partitive | huikkaa | huikkia | |
| illative | huikkaan | huikkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | huikka | huikat | |
| accusative | nom. | huikka | huikat |
| gen. | huikan | ||
| genitive | huikan | huikkien huikkainrare | |
| partitive | huikkaa | huikkia | |
| inessive | huikassa | huikissa | |
| elative | huikasta | huikista | |
| illative | huikkaan | huikkiin | |
| adessive | huikalla | huikilla | |
| ablative | huikalta | huikilta | |
| allative | huikalle | huikille | |
| essive | huikkana | huikkina | |
| translative | huikaksi | huikiksi | |
| instructive | — | huikin | |
| abessive | huikatta | huikitta | |
| comitative | — | huikkineen | |
| Possessive forms of huikka (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | huikkani | huikkamme |
| 2nd person | huikkasi | huikkanne |
| 3rd person | huikkansa | |
Synonyms
- kulaus
References
- Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes other etymological sources], Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Anagrams
- hiukka, hukkia, kuhkia