sorkka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sorkka. Cognates include Estonian sõrg, Votic sorkkõ, Ingrian sorkka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsorkːɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -orkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): sork‧ka
Noun
sorkka
- cloven hoof, cleft hoof, cloven foot (divided hoof, as in bovine animals)
- hitch (type of knot)
- claw (pronged end of the head of a claw hammer)
Declension
| Inflection of sorkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sorkka | sorkat | |
| genitive | sorkan | sorkkien | |
| partitive | sorkkaa | sorkkia | |
| illative | sorkkaan | sorkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sorkka | sorkat | |
| accusative | nom. | sorkka | sorkat |
| gen. | sorkan | ||
| genitive | sorkan | sorkkien sorkkainrare | |
| partitive | sorkkaa | sorkkia | |
| inessive | sorkassa | sorkissa | |
| elative | sorkasta | sorkista | |
| illative | sorkkaan | sorkkiin | |
| adessive | sorkalla | sorkilla | |
| ablative | sorkalta | sorkilta | |
| allative | sorkalle | sorkille | |
| essive | sorkkana | sorkkina | |
| translative | sorkaksi | sorkiksi | |
| instructive | — | sorkin | |
| abessive | sorkatta | sorkitta | |
| comitative | — | sorkkineen | |
| Possessive forms of sorkka (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sorkkani | sorkkamme |
| 2nd person | sorkkasi | sorkkanne |
| 3rd person | sorkkansa | |
Derived terms
- joka sorkka
- pukinsorkka
- siansorkka
- sorkka- ja kavioeläin
- sorkkaeläin
- sorkkarauta
- sorkkia
See also
- kavio
Anagrams
- korska
Ingrian
Sorkka.
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sorkka. Cognates include Finnish sorkka and Estonian sõrg.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsorkːɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsorkːɑ/, [ˈʃo̞rkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -orkːɑ
- Hyphenation: sork‧ka
Noun
sorkka
- cloven hoof
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:
- Sormiin ja varpain otsiis inmihisel ja monikkail elokkail ollaa kynnet, toisiil elokkail kapjat tali sorkat.
- At the tips of fingers and toes humans and some animals have nails, other animals [have] hooves or cloven hooves.
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Declension
| Declension of sorkka (type 3/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sorkka | sorkat |
| genitive | sorkan | sorkkiin |
| partitive | sorkkaa | sorkkia |
| illative | sorkkaa | sorkkii |
| inessive | sorkaas | sorkiis |
| elative | sorkast | sorkist |
| allative | sorkalle | sorkille |
| adessive | sorkaal | sorkiil |
| ablative | sorkalt | sorkilt |
| translative | sorkaks | sorkiks |
| essive | sorkkanna, sorkkaan | sorkkinna, sorkkiin |
| exessive1) | sorkkant | sorkkint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Hypernyms
- kapja (“hoof”)
Descendants
- → Votic: sorkkõ
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 539