salko
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *salko, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śëlkaw (cognates include Northern Sami čuolggu (“lever, crowbar”), Erzya сялго (sjalgo, “stick”), Hungarian szál (“fiber”), Mansi сагла (sāɣla, “slat, splinter”), a loan from an early descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰo (“slat”) (whence eg. Lithuanian žalgà, Proto-Germanic *galgô > English gallows).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sal‧ko
- Rhymes: -ɑlko
- IPA(key): [ˈsɑlko]
Noun
salko
- pole (long and slender piece of metal or especially wood, used for various construction or support purposes)
- flagpole, flagstaff
Declension
| Inflection of salko (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | salko | salot | |
| genitive | salon | salkojen | |
| partitive | salkoa | salkoja | |
| illative | salkoon | salkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | salko | salot | |
| accusative | nom. | salko | salot |
| gen. | salon | ||
| genitive | salon | salkojen | |
| partitive | salkoa | salkoja | |
| inessive | salossa | saloissa | |
| elative | salosta | saloista | |
| illative | salkoon | salkoihin | |
| adessive | salolla | saloilla | |
| ablative | salolta | saloilta | |
| allative | salolle | saloille | |
| essive | salkona | salkoina | |
| translative | saloksi | saloiksi | |
| instructive | — | saloin | |
| abessive | salotta | saloitta | |
| comitative | — | salkoineen | |
Synonyms
- (flagpole): lippusalko, lipputanko
Anagrams
- lasko, loska