kotka
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kocka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kočka. Cognates include Livvi kotku, Estonian kotkas, Northern Sami goaskin, Erzya куцькан (kućkan), Komi-Zyrian куч (kuć).
Pronunciation
Noun
kotka
- eagle (any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision)
- golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- (by extension) cougar (older woman who seeks younger men)
Declension
| Inflection of kotka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kotka | kotkat | ||
| genitive | kotkan | kotkien | ||
| partitive | kotkaa | kotkia | ||
| illative | kotkaan | kotkiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kotka | kotkat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kotka | kotkat | |
| gen. | kotkan | |||
| genitive | kotkan | kotkien kotkainrare | ||
| partitive | kotkaa | kotkia | ||
| inessive | kotkassa | kotkissa | ||
| elative | kotkasta | kotkista | ||
| illative | kotkaan | kotkiin | ||
| adessive | kotkalla | kotkilla | ||
| ablative | kotkalta | kotkilta | ||
| allative | kotkalle | kotkille | ||
| essive | kotkana | kotkina | ||
| translative | kotkaksi | kotkiksi | ||
| abessive | kotkatta | kotkitta | ||
| instructive | — | kotkin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
- aarnikotka
- afrikanpikkukotka
- afrikanvuorikotka
- arokotka
- australianpikkukotka
- borneonharjakotka
- celebesinharjakotka
- espanjankeisarikotka
- filippiinienkotka
- gasellikotka
- harjakotka
- jalokotka
- kaksoiskotka
- kalakotka
- kassikotka
- keisarijalokotka
- keisarikotka
- kiilapyrstökotka
- kiljukotka
- kondorikotka
- korppikotka
- kotkakala
- kotkankatse
- kotkankynsi
- kotkannenä
- kotkanpesä
- kotkansiipi
- kotkansilmä
- kotkansulka
- Kotkavuori
- käärmekotka
- liitokotka
- maakotka
- merikotka
- mustakotka
- mäkikotka
- papuankotka
- pikkuharjakotka
- pikkukotka
- punavatsakotka
- rosvokotka
- rotkokotka
- ruskomerikotka
- savannikotka
- sirokotka
- tummaharjakotka
- töyhtökotka
- töyhtövalkokotka
- valkomerikotka
- verikotka
- vuorikotka
See also
References
Further reading
- “kotka”, 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
Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kocka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kočka.
Noun
kotka
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъka. By surface analysis, kot + -ka.
Noun
kotka f (male equivalent kot, diminutive koteczka, augmentative kocica)
Declension
Declension of kotka
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kotka m animal