kolkata

Onomatopoeic; compare Estonian kolkima, Karelian kolkata, Ludian kolkettada

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolkɑtɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -olkɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kol‧ka‧ta

kolkata

1. (transitive) to knock out (to render someone unconscious)
2. (transitive) to knock down (to hit or knock something, usually intentionally, so that it falls)
3. (intransitive) to clank, clatter (used to describe a clattering sound, e.g. such as made by a train travelling over the spots where there's a space between the successive rails)

   Juna kolkkasi kohti itää pimenevässä illassa.

   The train clattered towards the east amidst the darkening night.

• (to knock down): kaataa
• (to clatter): kolistaa, kolistella, kolkuttaa, kolkutella

• kolista
• kolkka

• “kolkata”, 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