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Finnish
Etymology
lerkkua (“to hang”) + -u
Pronunciation
Noun
lerkku
(dialectal)
- pendulum, especially that of a wall clock
- Synonym: heiluri
1844 August 31, Maamiehen Ystävä, number 35 (newspaper), Kuopio, →ISSN, page , column 1:Sekundi on ſe aika, jonka lerkku (Ruot- ſikſi pendel) tawalliſisſa, iſoimisſa kelloisſa tarwitſee kulkeakſeen laidasta laitaan.- A second is the time that a pendulum (pendel in Swedish) in the largest typical clocks needs to move from side to side.
1863 July, Luonnotar, number 7 (newspaper), Helsinki, page 52 (of volume), column 1:Suuren pituutenſa wuokſi heliui lerk- ku hywin witkasti ja kuulan painon wuokſi keſtiwät heilumiſet koko päiwän- Due to its length, the pendulum swung very slowly, and due to the weight of the ball, the swinging lasted a whole day
1939 April 5, “Seinäkello”, in Peltomies, volume 3, numbers 13–14 (newspaper), Porvoo, page 12, column 2:— Kuuluu Kuivalankin kello tänä aamuna seisahtaneen. — Horitseko sinä? — En. Näin sen itse, ettei lerkku liikkunut.- "They say Kuivala's clock stopped too this morning." "You're joking?" "No. I saw it myself, that the pendulum wasn't moving."
Declension
Further reading
- “lerkku”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.