sotka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sotka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śoδka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsotkɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞t̪kɑ]
- Rhymes: -otkɑ
- Syllabification(key): sot‧ka
Noun
sotka
- bluebill, scaup (any bird of the genus Aythya)
- (dated) The common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- (military, historical) A Soviet T-34 tank.
Declension
| Inflection of sotka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sotka | sotkat | |
| genitive | sotkan | sotkien | |
| partitive | sotkaa | sotkia | |
| illative | sotkaan | sotkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sotka | sotkat | |
| accusative | nom. | sotka | sotkat |
| gen. | sotkan | ||
| genitive | sotkan | sotkien sotkainrare | |
| partitive | sotkaa | sotkia | |
| inessive | sotkassa | sotkissa | |
| elative | sotkasta | sotkista | |
| illative | sotkaan | sotkiin | |
| adessive | sotkalla | sotkilla | |
| ablative | sotkalta | sotkilta | |
| allative | sotkalle | sotkille | |
| essive | sotkana | sotkina | |
| translative | sotkaksi | sotkiksi | |
| instructive | — | sotkin | |
| abessive | sotkatta | sotkitta | |
| comitative | — | sotkineen | |
| Possessive forms of sotka (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sotkani | sotkamme |
| 2nd person | sotkasi | sotkanne |
| 3rd person | sotkansa | |
Synonyms
- (Bucephala clangula): telkkä
Derived terms
- amerikanpunasotka, Aythya americana (redhead)
- amerikantukkasotka, Aythya collaris (ring-necked duck)
- australiansotka, Aythya australis (hardhead)
- isopunasotka, Aythya valisineria (canvasback)
- kiinansotka, Aythya baeri (Baer’s pochard)
- lapasotka, Aythya marila (greater scaup)
- madagaskarinsotka, Aythya innotata (Madagascan pochard)
- pikkulapasotka, Aythya affinis (lesser scaup)
- punasotka, Aythya ferina (common pochard)
- ruskosotka, Aythya nyroca (ferruginous duck)
- tukkasotka, Aythya fuligula, (tufted duck)
- uudenseelanninsotka, Aythya novaeseelandiae (New Zealand scaup)
Anagrams
- katos, katso, kosta, kotsa, oksat, sakot, sokat
Meänkieli
Noun
sotka
- A common goldeneye