korotniekka

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian огородник (ogorodnik, market gardener), with syncope of the initial unstressed vowel. See -niekka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkorotniekːɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ekːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ko‧rot‧ni‧ek‧ka

Noun

korotniekka (historical, Viipuri, South-Eastern Finland)

  1. A Russian vegetable farmer in South-Eastern Finland (see Vyborg Governorate).
    Synonyms: kaaliryssä, puutarharyssä (Helsinki)

Usage notes

Declension

Inflection of korotniekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative korotniekka korotniekat
genitive korotniekan korotniekkojen
partitive korotniekkaa korotniekkoja
illative korotniekkaan korotniekkoihin
singular plural
nominative korotniekka korotniekat
accusative nom. korotniekka korotniekat
gen. korotniekan
genitive korotniekan korotniekkojen
korotniekkain rare
partitive korotniekkaa korotniekkoja
inessive korotniekassa korotniekoissa
elative korotniekasta korotniekoista
illative korotniekkaan korotniekkoihin
adessive korotniekalla korotniekoilla
ablative korotniekalta korotniekoilta
allative korotniekalle korotniekoille
essive korotniekkana korotniekkoina
translative korotniekaksi korotniekoiksi
abessive korotniekatta korotniekoitta
instructive korotniekoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of korotniekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)

Further reading

  • Heikki Paunonen (2016) Sloboa Stadissa: stadin slangin etymologiaa (in Finnish), Jyväskylä: Docendo, →ISBN, pages 189–190