-nka

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See also: nka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-nka, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *-nka.

Suffix

-nka (front vowel harmony variant -nkä, linguistic notation -nkA)

  1. Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms.

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