korko

From English cork.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorko/

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• Hyphenation: kor‧ko

korko (accusative singular korkon, plural korkoj, accusative plural korkojn)

1. cork (bottle stopper)

• korkokverko

korkea (“high”) +‎ -o. Some dialectal forms (like korkko and korkka (“heel”)) may also indicate a secondary origin from korkki, at least for the sense "heel (of a shoe)",^[1] unless those words are themselves simply contaminations of korko and korkki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorko/,
• Rhymes: -orko
• Hyphenation^(key): kor‧ko

korko

1. heel (of a shoe, especially a high one)

   Synonym: kanta (“(low) heel”)

2. (finance) interest, interest rate (price of credit)
3. (phonetics) stress

   Synonym: paino

4. (music) accent

• “korko”, 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

• rokko

From Esperanto korko, from English cork.

korko (plural korki)

1. cork (bottle stopper)

• korkoquerko (“cork oak”)