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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *joukko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *jaukiją or from older Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯kːo/,
- Rhymes: -oukːo
- Syllabification(key): jouk‧ko
- Hyphenation(key): jouk‧ko
Noun
joukko
- group, cluster, band; crowd (of people) (number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one)
- (military) force; (in the plural) troops, forces
- YK:n rauhanturvajoukko ― a UN peacekeeping force
- a large quantity or amount (of something)
- (mathematics, set theory) set (collection of objects, or of other sets)
Varsinaisessa joukko-opissa joukko voi sisältää vain toisia joukkoja.- In proper set theory, a set may only contain other sets.
- (in compounds) mass (involving a mass of people or things)
On olemassa näyttöä muinaisista joukkotuhoista.- There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
Talouden romahduksesta seurasi joukkotyöttömyys.- Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.
Declension
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Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *joukko. Cognates include Finnish joukko and Estonian jõuk.
Pronunciation
Noun
joukko
- group
1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:Kletkoin ees, kus ovat obezjanat, zooparkaas ain seisoo suur joukko väkkiä.- In front of the cages, where the monkeys are, in a zoo there always stands a large group of people.
- (military) troops, force
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:Aeroplanat joukon pääl.- An aeroplane over the troops.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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joukko
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joukot
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| genitive
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joukon
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joukkoin, joukkoloin
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| partitive
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joukkoa
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joukkoja, joukkoloja
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| illative
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joukkoo
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joukkoi, joukkoloihe
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| inessive
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joukoos
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joukois, joukkolois
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| elative
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joukost
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joukoist, joukkoloist
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| allative
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joukolle
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joukoille, joukkoloille
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| adessive
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joukool
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joukoil, joukkoloil
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| ablative
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joukolt
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joukoilt, joukkoloilt
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| translative
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joukoks
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joukoiks, joukkoloiks
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| essive
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joukkonna, joukkoon
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joukkoinna, joukkoloinna, joukkoin, joukkoloin
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| exessive1)
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joukkont
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joukkoint, joukkoloint
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1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 107
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 53
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *joukko. Cognates include Finnish joukko and Estonian jõuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯kːo/
- Hyphenation: jouk‧ko
Noun
joukko (genitive joukon, partitive joukkuo)
- group, cluster
- team
- collective
References
- N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) , 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 82-83