vakka

vakka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vāks (“lid, cover”), Lithuanian vókas (“cover, eyelid”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vak‧ka

Noun

A man sowing seed from his vakka (coat-of-arms of the municipality of Toivakka).

vakka

1. A type of wooden container of varying size, made of bent thin board to make it strong and light, usually equipped with a close fitting cap.
2. (by extension) Any roundish, voluminous container equipped with a cap.
3. bushel

   pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla ― to keep one's light under a bushel

4. (historical) A unit of dry volume used in Sweden (halvspann in Swedish) and Finland before introduction of metric system. There has been regional and temporal variation, but the 1665 regulation defined it so that it's equal to 36.64 liters, which is quite close to an imperial bushel (36.3687 l).

Declension

Inflection of vakka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative		vakka	vakat
genitive		vakan	vakkojen
partitive		vakkaa	vakkoja
illative		vakkaan	vakkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vakka	vakat
accusative	nom.	vakka	vakat
	gen.	vakan
genitive		vakan	vakkojen vakkainrare
partitive		vakkaa	vakkoja
inessive		vakassa	vakoissa
elative		vakasta	vakoista
illative		vakkaan	vakkoihin
adessive		vakalla	vakoilla
ablative		vakalta	vakoilta
allative		vakalle	vakoille
essive		vakkana	vakkoina
translative		vakaksi	vakoiksi
instructive		—	vakoin
abessive		vakatta	vakoitta
comitative		—	vakkoineen

Possessive forms of vakka (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vakkani	vakkamme
2nd person	vakkasi	vakkanne
3rd person	vakkansa

Derived terms

• Vakka-Suomi
• vakka kantensa valitsee

See also

• bushel (vessel)
• kappa (unit equal to 1/8 of "vakka")
• tynnyri (unit equal to 4 "vakka")

Anagrams

• kvaak

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Ingrian

Noun

vakka

1. basket

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• वक्क (Devanagari script)
• ৰক্ক (Bengali script)
• වක‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• ဝက္က or ဝၵ္ၵ or ဝၵ်ၵ (Burmese script)
• วกฺก or วักกะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨠ᩠ᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ວກ຺ກ or ວັກກະ (Lao script)
• វក្ក (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄇𑄴𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka, “kidney”).

Noun

vakka n

1. kidney

Declension

Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vakkaṃ	vakkāni
Accusative (second)	vakkaṃ	vakkāni
Instrumental (third)	vakkena	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)	vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ	vakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vakkassa	vakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke	vakkesu
Vocative (calling)	vakka	vakkāni

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit वक्र (vakra, “crooked”).

Adjective

vakka

1. crooked

Declension

Declension table of "vakka" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vakko	vakkā
Accusative (second)	vakkaṃ	vakke
Instrumental (third)	vakkena	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)	vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ	vakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vakkassa	vakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke	vakkesu
Vocative (calling)	vakka	vakkā

Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vakkaṃ	vakkāni
Accusative (second)	vakkaṃ	vakkāni
Instrumental (third)	vakkena	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)	vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃ	vakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkā	vakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vakkassa	vakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakke	vakkesu
Vocative (calling)	vakka	vakkāni

Synonyms

• vaṅka

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “pakka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead