kikkara
Finnish
Etymology
Sound-symbolic;[1] perhaps a sound-symbolicized variant of kokkare, kakkara, etc. For the sense "curly", also compare kihara; perhaps in this sense a sound-symbolic sense of that and the word group to which sikkura, säkkärä belong.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkikːɑrɑ/, [ˈkikːɑrɑ]
- Rhymes: -ikːɑrɑ
- Syllabification(key): kik‧ka‧ra
Noun
kikkara
- A piece of excrement from a small animal such as a hare.
- Synonym: papana
Declension
| Inflection of kikkara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kikkara | kikkarat | |
| genitive | kikkaran | kikkaroiden kikkaroitten | |
| partitive | kikkaraa | kikkaroita | |
| illative | kikkaraan | kikkaroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kikkara | kikkarat | |
| accusative | nom. | kikkara | kikkarat |
| gen. | kikkaran | ||
| genitive | kikkaran | kikkaroiden kikkaroitten kikkarainrare | |
| partitive | kikkaraa | kikkaroita | |
| inessive | kikkarassa | kikkaroissa | |
| elative | kikkarasta | kikkaroista | |
| illative | kikkaraan | kikkaroihin | |
| adessive | kikkaralla | kikkaroilla | |
| ablative | kikkaralta | kikkaroilta | |
| allative | kikkaralle | kikkaroille | |
| essive | kikkarana | kikkaroina | |
| translative | kikkaraksi | kikkaroiksi | |
| instructive | — | kikkaroin | |
| abessive | kikkaratta | kikkaroitta | |
| comitative | — | kikkaroineen | |
| Possessive forms of kikkara (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kikkarani | kikkaramme |
| 2nd person | kikkarasi | kikkaranne |
| 3rd person | kikkaransa | |
Adjective
kikkara (comparative kikkarampi, superlative kikkarin)
- curly
Declension
| Inflection of kikkara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kikkara | kikkarat | |
| genitive | kikkaran | kikkaroiden kikkaroitten | |
| partitive | kikkaraa | kikkaroita | |
| illative | kikkaraan | kikkaroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kikkara | kikkarat | |
| accusative | nom. | kikkara | kikkarat |
| gen. | kikkaran | ||
| genitive | kikkaran | kikkaroiden kikkaroitten kikkarainrare | |
| partitive | kikkaraa | kikkaroita | |
| inessive | kikkarassa | kikkaroissa | |
| elative | kikkarasta | kikkaroista | |
| illative | kikkaraan | kikkaroihin | |
| adessive | kikkaralla | kikkaroilla | |
| ablative | kikkaralta | kikkaroilta | |
| allative | kikkaralle | kikkaroille | |
| essive | kikkarana | kikkaroina | |
| translative | kikkaraksi | kikkaroiksi | |
| instructive | — | kikkaroin | |
| abessive | kikkaratta | kikkaroitta | |
| comitative | — | kikkaroine | |
| Possessive forms of kikkara (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kikkarani | kikkaramme |
| 2nd person | kikkarasi | kikkaranne |
| 3rd person | kikkaransa | |
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Anagrams
- karakki