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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *akkuna, borrowed from Old East Slavic окъно (okŭno) (whence also Russian окно́ (oknó)), from Proto-Slavic *okъno.[1] Cognate to Estonian aken, Udmurt укно (ukno).
Pronunciation
Noun
akkuna
- (now dialectal) Synonym of ikkuna.
- Alternative forms: akku, aakkona, akkona (obsolete), aackona
1548, Mikael Agricola, transl., Se Wsi Testamenti [The New Testament], Stockholm, Apostolitten Teghot (Acts) 20:9:yxi Noricainen, nimelde Eutychus, istui ackonalla- [yksi Noorikainen, nimeltä Eutychus, istui akkunalla]
- Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus
Declension
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
- “akkuna”, 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
- “akkuna”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 2024-08-04.
- “akkuna”, in Vanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2021, →ISSN, retrieved 2024-08-04.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Pronunciation
Noun
akkuna
- (obsolete) Alternative form of ikkuna
1924, Juho Lukkarinen, quoting Mikulkan nainen, “3563. Narvusi, Pärspää, n. 505”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III3, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 3-4:Ikkunoista, akkunoista! // Terve kuu, terve päivä,- From the windows, from the fenestrae! // Hello moon, hello sun,
Declension
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “аккуна”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 689