ahkera

Uncertain. Traditionally connected with dialectal ahku (“eagerness, zeal”),^[1] but this word is likewise of unknown origin. According to Häkkinen (2004), which follows Nikkilä (1998), perhaps a borrowing from dialectal Swedish ager (“hard-working”),^[2][3] but this sense for the word, supposedly found only in dialects within Finland, does not seem to have a particularly wide distribution nor even be the primary meaning in the regions where it is found.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhkerɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ah‧ke‧ra

ahkera (comparative ahkerampi, superlative ahkerin)

1. industrious, hardworking

   Synonyms: työteliäs, uuras, uuttera

• ahertaa

• “ahkera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• karhea, rahake

From Proto-Finnic . Cognates include Finnish ahkera.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhker, -ɑhkerɑ
• Hyphenation: ah‧ke‧ra

ahkera (comparative ahkeramp)

1. hardworking

• ahnas

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 3
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 70

Cognates include Finnish ahkera and Ingrian ahkera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/
• Hyphenation: ah‧ke‧ra

ahkera (genitive ahkeran, partitive ahkerua, comparative ahkerampi／ahkerambi, superlative ahkerin)

1. industrious, hardworking

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ahkera”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ahkera”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN