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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ковеня́ (kovenjá) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
кові́нька • (kovínʹka) f inan (genitive кові́ньки, nominative plural кові́ньки, genitive plural кові́ньок)
- a stick with a crooked end
- (dialectal) a kind of children's game, resembling hockey
Declension
Declension of кові́нька (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кові́нька”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 482
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “кові́нька”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ковінька”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ковінька”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN