ukko

ukko

See also: Ukko

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Probably a Finnic pet form of uros (“man, male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Syllabification^(key): uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

1. old man, gaffer
2. adult male wood grouse or black grouse
3. token in a board game, meeple, game piece
4. (video games) player character in video games

Declension

Inflection of ukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative		ukko	ukot
genitive		ukon	ukkojen
partitive		ukkoa	ukkoja
illative		ukkoon	ukkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ukko	ukot
accusative	nom.	ukko	ukot
	gen.	ukon
genitive		ukon	ukkojen
partitive		ukkoa	ukkoja
inessive		ukossa	ukoissa
elative		ukosta	ukoista
illative		ukkoon	ukkoihin
adessive		ukolla	ukoilla
ablative		ukolta	ukoilta
allative		ukolle	ukoille
essive		ukkona	ukkoina
translative		ukoksi	ukoiksi
instructive		—	ukoin
abessive		ukotta	ukoitta
comitative		—	ukkoineen

Possessive forms of ukko (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	ukkoni	ukkomme
2nd person	ukkosi	ukkonne
3rd person	ukkonsa

Synonyms

• (wood grouse cock) ukkometso

Derived terms

• huru-ukko
• isäukko
• kuu-ukko
• lumiukko
• pikku-ukko
• tikku-ukko
• tonttu-ukko
• ukkeli
• ukkoetana
• ukkokoti
• ukkometso
• ukkomies
• ukkonen
• ukkoontua
• ukkostaa
• ukkoutua
• ukkovarvas
• ukonhattu
• ukonkello
• ukonkorento
• ukonnauris
• vieteriukko

 

See also

• akka

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko (“old man”). Cognates include Finnish ukko and Veps uk.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

1. old man
2. thunder
3. Short for lumiukko.
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Käsijä palensi, mut ukko tuli hyvä.

     [Their] hands feel cold, but the [snow]man turned out good.

Declension

Declension of ukko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ukko	ukot
genitive	ukon	ukkoin, ukkoloin
partitive	ukkoa	ukkoja, ukkoloja
illative	ukkoo	ukkoi, ukkoloihe
inessive	ukos	ukkois, ukkolois
elative	ukost	ukkoist, ukkoloist
allative	ukolle	ukkoille, ukkoloille
adessive	ukol	ukkoil, ukkoloil
ablative	ukolt	ukkoilt, ukkoloilt
translative	ukoks	ukkoiks, ukkoloiks
essive	ukkonna, ukkoon	ukkoinna, ukkoloinna, ukkoin, ukkoloin
exessive1)	ukkont	ukkoint, ukkoloint
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.

Synonyms

• (old man): äijä

Coordinate terms

• (old man): akka, ämmä, ämmö (“old woman”)

Derived terms

• lumiukko

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 622

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Karelian

Regional variants of ukko

North Karelian (Viena)	ukko
South Karelian (Tver)	ukko

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognates include Finnish ukko and Ingrian ukko.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko (genitive ukon, partitive ukkuo)

1. old man
2. husband
3. thunder

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ukko	ukot
genitive	ukon	ukkojen
partitive	ukkuo	ukkoja
illative	ukkoh	ukkoloih
inessive	ukošša	ukkoloissa
elative	ukošta	ukkoloista
adessive	ukolla	ukkoloilla
ablative	ukolta	ukkoloilta
translative	ukokši	ukkoloiksi
essive	ukkona	ukkoloina
comitative	—	ukkoloineh
comitative	ukotta	ukkoloitta

Tver Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ukko	ukot
genitive	ukon	ukkoloin
partitive	ukkuo	ukkoloida
illative	ukkoh	ukkoloih
inessive	ukošša	ukkoloissa
elative	ukošta	ukkoloista
adessive	ukolla	ukkoloilla
ablative	ukolda	ukkoloilda
translative	ukokši	ukkoloiksi
essive	ukkona	ukkoloina
comitative	ukonke	ukkoloinke
comitative	ukotta	ukkoloitta

Possessive forms of ukko
1st person	ukkoni
2nd person	ukkoš
3rd person	ukkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• appiukko
• lumiukko

 

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “ukko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “дед”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko.

Pronunciation

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo]
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

1. old man
2. thunder

Inflection

Declension of ukko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ukko	ukod
genitive	uko	ukkoje, ukkojõ, ukkoi
partitive	ukkoa	ukkoitõ, ukkoi
illative	ukko, ukkosõ	ukkoje, ukkojõ, ukkoisõ
inessive	ukoz	ukkoiz
elative	ukossõ	ukkoissõ
allative	ukolõ	ukkoilõ
adessive	ukollõ	ukkoillõ
ablative	ukoltõ	ukkoiltõ
translative	ukossi	ukkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “ukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn