nakki

From Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaʰt͡ʃːɪ/
• Rhymes: -aʰt͡ʃːɪ

nakki m (genitive singular nakka, plural nakkar)

1. (anatomy) neck

• kikan
• nikka

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑkːi/,
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• Hyphenation^(key): nak‧ki

Back-formation from nakkimakkara, from Swedish knackkorv.

nakki

1. wiener, frankfurter, hot dog (type of sausage)

   nauravat nakit ― wieners/frankfurters with slits on one end or both ends so that the ends spread out (literally, “laughing wieners/frankfurters”)

2. (idiomatic, humorous) nakit silmillä (literally, wieners on the eyes) = pissed (heavily drunk)

• (wiener): nakkimakkara

• “1. nakki”, 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 2023-07-01

From nakata +‎ -i.

nakki

1. (obsolete, Eastern Finnish) trap for small fur animals
2. (dialectal) mousetrap
3. (colloquial) job, task, usually an unwanted one

   Tämä on nyt sun nakki.

   This is your task now.

   Tämä on helppo nakki.

   This is a piece of cake.

• (trap): ansa
• (mousetrap): hiirenloukku
• (task): homma

• “2. nakki”, 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 2023-07-01
• “4. nakki”, 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 2023-07-01

From Swedish knackspel.

nakki

1. A particular card game.

• “3. nakki”, 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 2023-07-01

• -kkain, kakin, kanki, kikan, nikka