From Proto-Finnic *kadikka, with influence from onomatopoeic kalista (in those dialects where -d- is not regularly reflected by -l-).
kalikka
| Inflection of kalikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalikka | kalikat | ||
| genitive | kalikan | kalikoiden kalikoitten kalikkojen | ||
| partitive | kalikkaa | kalikoita kalikkoja | ||
| illative | kalikkaan | kalikoihin kalikkoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kalikka | kalikat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kalikka | kalikat | |
| gen. | kalikan | |||
| genitive | kalikan | kalikoiden kalikoitten kalikkojen kalikkain rare | ||
| partitive | kalikkaa | kalikoita kalikkoja | ||
| inessive | kalikassa | kalikoissa | ||
| elative | kalikasta | kalikoista | ||
| illative | kalikkaan | kalikoihin kalikkoihin | ||
| adessive | kalikalla | kalikoilla | ||
| ablative | kalikalta | kalikoilta | ||
| allative | kalikalle | kalikoille | ||
| essive | kalikkana | kalikkoina | ||
| translative | kalikaksi | kalikoiksi | ||
| abessive | kalikatta | kalikoitta | ||
| instructive | — | kalikoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||