kolkka
See also: Kolkka
Finnish
Noun
kolkka
- corner (edge or extremity; any distant quarter or part)
- Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.
- He lived in a corner of town, which I normally never visited.
- Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.
- (heraldry) canton
Compounds
- maankolkka
Etymology 2
From the verb kolkata.
Noun
kolkka
- bolt (blunt-headed arrow used in hunting small fur animals to knock them out instead of killing so as not to damage the valuable fur)
- A club or mallet used for similar purpose.
- A boy whose task was to assist in hunting by carrying and searching the bolts as well as the prey.
- (by extension, Scouting, dated) The denomination of a Cub Scout used from 1940's to 1970's.
Declension
| Inflection of kolkka (Kotus type 10/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kolkka | kolkat | |
| accusative | nom. | kolkka | kolkat |
| gen. | kolkan | ||
| genitive | kolkan | kolkkien kolkkainrare | |
| partitive | kolkkaa | kolkkia | |
| inessive | kolkassa | kolkissa | |
| elative | kolkasta | kolkista | |
| illative | kolkkaan | kolkkiin | |
| adessive | kolkalla | kolkilla | |
| ablative | kolkalta | kolkilta | |
| allative | kolkalle | kolkille | |
| essive | kolkkana | kolkkina | |
| translative | kolkaksi | kolkiksi | |
| instructive | — | kolkin | |
| abessive | kolkatta | kolkitta | |
| comitative | — | kolkkineen | |
Synonyms
- (bolt): vasama
- (club or mallet): nuija
- (boy assisting in a hunt): kolkkapoika
- (wolf cub): sudenpentu (current term); kolkkapoika (dated, alternative to "kolkka")