kalakukko
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English
Etymology
Noun
kalakukko (usually uncountable, plural kalakukkos)
- A traditional Savonian food made from fish and pork baked inside a loaf of bread.
- 1979, Ken Welsh, Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Europe, page 221:
- If you're in the Market Square try the kalakukkos, hard-crusted fish pasties native to the province.
Finnish
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Etymology
kala (“fish”) + kukko (“type of food”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kalakukko
- A traditional Savonian food made from fish and pork baked inside a loaf of bread.
Declension
| Inflection of kalakukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalakukko | kalakukot | |
| genitive | kalakukon | kalakukkojen | |
| partitive | kalakukkoa | kalakukkoja | |
| illative | kalakukkoon | kalakukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kalakukko | kalakukot | |
| accusative | nom. | kalakukko | kalakukot |
| gen. | kalakukon | ||
| genitive | kalakukon | kalakukkojen | |
| partitive | kalakukkoa | kalakukkoja | |
| inessive | kalakukossa | kalakukoissa | |
| elative | kalakukosta | kalakukoista | |
| illative | kalakukkoon | kalakukkoihin | |
| adessive | kalakukolla | kalakukoilla | |
| ablative | kalakukolta | kalakukoilta | |
| allative | kalakukolle | kalakukoille | |
| essive | kalakukkona | kalakukkoina | |
| translative | kalakukoksi | kalakukoiksi | |
| abessive | kalakukotta | kalakukoitta | |
| instructive | — | kalakukoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kalakukko”, 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
Karelian
Noun
kalakukko (genitive kalakukon, partitive kalakukkuo)
- a dish similar to the Finnish kalakukko, more specifically resembling the kalakukko made in the Kainuu region
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kalakukko”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN