lakki

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lakki, from lakka (shelter, canopy, lean-to) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

Noun

lakki

  1. headwear (any covering of the head)
  2. cap (type of headwear)
  3. (mycology) cap, pileus

Usage notes

  • Headwear without brim tends to be called lakki and the headwear with brim hattu, but the division is not clear-cut. Both terms may be used to refer to headwear in general.

Declension

Inflection of lakki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative lakki lakit
genitive lakin lakkien
partitive lakkia lakkeja
illative lakkiin lakkeihin
singular plural
nominative lakki lakit
accusative nom. lakki lakit
gen. lakin
genitive lakin lakkien
partitive lakkia lakkeja
inessive lakissa lakeissa
elative lakista lakeista
illative lakkiin lakkeihin
adessive lakilla lakeilla
ablative lakilta lakeilta
allative lakille lakeille
essive lakkina lakkeina
translative lakiksi lakeiksi
abessive lakitta lakeitta
instructive lakein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lakki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lakkini lakkini
accusative nom. lakkini lakkini
gen. lakkini
genitive lakkini lakkieni
partitive lakkiani lakkejani
inessive lakissani lakeissani
elative lakistani lakeistani
illative lakkiini lakkeihini
adessive lakillani lakeillani
ablative lakiltani lakeiltani
allative lakilleni lakeilleni
essive lakkinani lakkeinani
translative lakikseni lakeikseni
abessive lakittani lakeittani
instructive
comitative lakkeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lakkisi lakkisi
accusative nom. lakkisi lakkisi
gen. lakkisi
genitive lakkisi lakkiesi
partitive lakkiasi lakkejasi
inessive lakissasi lakeissasi
elative lakistasi lakeistasi
illative lakkiisi lakkeihisi
adessive lakillasi lakeillasi
ablative lakiltasi lakeiltasi
allative lakillesi lakeillesi
essive lakkinasi lakkeinasi
translative lakiksesi lakeiksesi
abessive lakittasi lakeittasi
instructive
comitative lakkeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lakkimme lakkimme
accusative nom. lakkimme lakkimme
gen. lakkimme
genitive lakkimme lakkiemme
partitive lakkiamme lakkejamme
inessive lakissamme lakeissamme
elative lakistamme lakeistamme
illative lakkiimme lakkeihimme
adessive lakillamme lakeillamme
ablative lakiltamme lakeiltamme
allative lakillemme lakeillemme
essive lakkinamme lakkeinamme
translative lakiksemme lakeiksemme
abessive lakittamme lakeittamme
instructive
comitative lakkeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lakkinne lakkinne
accusative nom. lakkinne lakkinne
gen. lakkinne
genitive lakkinne lakkienne
partitive lakkianne lakkejanne
inessive lakissanne lakeissanne
elative lakistanne lakeistanne
illative lakkiinne lakkeihinne
adessive lakillanne lakeillanne
ablative lakiltanne lakeiltanne
allative lakillenne lakeillenne
essive lakkinanne lakkeinanne
translative lakiksenne lakeiksenne
abessive lakittanne lakeittanne
instructive
comitative lakkeinenne

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

compounds

See also

  • laki (not to be confused with)

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lakki. Cognates include Finnish lakki and dialectal Estonian lakk.

Pronunciation

Noun

lakki

  1. a type of female headwear

Declension

Declension of lakki (type 5/vahti, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative lakki lakit
genitive lakin lakkiin, lakkiloin
partitive lakkia lakkija, lakkiloja
illative lakkii lakkii, lakkiloihe
inessive lakis lakkiis, lakkilois
elative lakist lakkiist, lakkiloist
allative lakille lakkiille, lakkiloille
adessive lakil lakkiil, lakkiloil
ablative lakilt lakkiilt, lakkiloilt
translative lakiks lakkiiks, lakkiloiks
essive lakkinna, lakkiin lakkiinna, lakkiloinna, lakkiin, lakkiloin
exessive1) lakkint lakkiint, lakkiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Volmari Porkka (1885) Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte (in Ingrian), page 6
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 246