-kko
See also: KKO and -kkö
Finnish
Etymology
Merger of Proto-Finnic *-kko (in the three first senses) and *-kkoi (in the two latter senses); the latter is equivalent to -kka + -o. Cognate with Estonian -k(u).
Suffix
-kko (front vowel harmony variant -kkö)
- Forms collective nouns.
- aallokko (“swell”), from aalto (“wave”)
- kehikko (“framework”), from kehä (“frame”)
- kolmikko (“threesome”), from kolme (“three”)
- nurmikko (“lawn”), from nurmi (“grass”)
- valjakko (“team”), from valjaat (“harness”)
- Forms nouns denoting essential characteristics of a location.
- rannikko (“coast”), from ranta (“shore”)
- hietikko (“sands”), from hieta (“sand”)
- Forms nouns from verbs denoting activities or tools for an activity.
- rynnäkkö (“attack”), from rynnätä (“to attack”)
- ylläkkö (“raid”), from yllättää (“to surprise”)
- valikko (“menu (computing)”), from valita (“to choose”)
- Forms names for various beings.
- poliitikko (“politician”), from politiikka (“politics”)
- fyysikko (“physicist”), from fysiikka (“physics”)
- lumikko (“least weasel”), from lumi (“snow”)
- venakko (“Russian female”), from Venäjä (“Russia”)
- Forms descriptive nouns.
- haulikko (“shotgun”), from hauli (“shot”)
Usage notes
In its collective senses, added to the plural stem of the base noun.
Declension
| Inflection of -kko (Kotus type 4/laatikko, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -kko | -kot | |
| genitive | -kon | -kkojen -koiden -koitten | |
| partitive | -kkoa | -kkoja -koita | |
| illative | -kkoon | -kkoihin -koihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -kko | -kot | |
| accusative | nom. | -kko | -kot |
| gen. | -kon | ||
| genitive | -kon | -kkojen -koiden -koitten | |
| partitive | -kkoa | -kkoja -koita | |
| inessive | -kossa | -koissa | |
| elative | -kosta | -koista | |
| illative | -kkoon | -kkoihin -koihin | |
| adessive | -kolla | -koilla | |
| ablative | -kolta | -koilta | |
| allative | -kolle | -koille | |
| essive | -kkona | -kkoina | |
| translative | -koksi | -koiksi | |
| instructive | — | -koin | |
| abessive | -kotta | -koitta | |
| comitative | — | -kkoineen | |
Derived terms
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Anagrams
- KOK, kok.