onka

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See also: -onka and -onką

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish ånga (“steam”).

Pronunciation

Noun

onka (dialectal)

  1. steam

Declension

Inflection of onka (Kotus type 10*G/koira, nk-ng gradation)
nominative onka ongat
genitive ongan onkien
partitive onkaa onkia
illative onkaan onkiin
singular plural
nominative onka ongat
accusative nom. onka ongat
gen. ongan
genitive ongan onkien
onkain rare
partitive onkaa onkia
inessive ongassa ongissa
elative ongasta ongista
illative onkaan onkiin
adessive ongalla ongilla
ablative ongalta ongilta
allative ongalle ongille
essive onkana onkina
translative ongaksi ongiksi
abessive ongatta ongitta
instructive — ongin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of onka (Kotus type 10*G/koira, nk-ng gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative onkani onkani
accusative nom. onkani onkani
gen. onkani
genitive onkani onkieni
onkaini rare
partitive onkaani onkiani
inessive ongassani ongissani
elative ongastani ongistani
illative onkaani onkiini
adessive ongallani ongillani
ablative ongaltani ongiltani
allative ongalleni ongilleni
essive onkanani onkinani
translative ongakseni ongikseni
abessive ongattani ongittani
instructive — —
comitative — onkineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative onkasi onkasi
accusative nom. onkasi onkasi
gen. onkasi
genitive onkasi onkiesi
onkaisi rare
partitive onkaasi onkiasi
inessive ongassasi ongissasi
elative ongastasi ongistasi
illative onkaasi onkiisi
adessive ongallasi ongillasi
ablative ongaltasi ongiltasi
allative ongallesi ongillesi
essive onkanasi onkinasi
translative ongaksesi ongiksesi
abessive ongattasi ongittasi
instructive — —
comitative — onkinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative onkamme onkamme
accusative nom. onkamme onkamme
gen. onkamme
genitive onkamme onkiemme
onkaimme rare
partitive onkaamme onkiamme
inessive ongassamme ongissamme
elative ongastamme ongistamme
illative onkaamme onkiimme
adessive ongallamme ongillamme
ablative ongaltamme ongiltamme
allative ongallemme ongillemme
essive onkanamme onkinamme
translative ongaksemme ongiksemme
abessive ongattamme ongittamme
instructive — —
comitative — onkinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative onkanne onkanne
accusative nom. onkanne onkanne
gen. onkanne
genitive onkanne onkienne
onkainne rare
partitive onkaanne onkianne
inessive ongassanne ongissanne
elative ongastanne ongistanne
illative onkaanne onkiinne
adessive ongallanne ongillanne
ablative ongaltanne ongiltanne
allative ongallenne ongillenne
essive onkananne onkinanne
translative ongaksenne ongiksenne
abessive ongattanne ongittanne
instructive — —
comitative — onkinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative onkansa onkansa
accusative nom. onkansa onkansa
gen. onkansa
genitive onkansa onkiensa
onkainsa rare
partitive onkaansa onkiaan
onkiansa
inessive ongassaan
ongassansa 		ongissaan
ongissansa
elative ongastaan
ongastansa 		ongistaan
ongistansa
illative onkaansa onkiinsa
adessive ongallaan
ongallansa 		ongillaan
ongillansa
ablative ongaltaan
ongaltansa 		ongiltaan
ongiltansa
allative ongalleen
ongallensa 		ongilleen
ongillensa
essive onkanaan
onkanansa 		onkinaan
onkinansa
translative ongakseen
ongaksensa 		ongikseen
ongiksensa
abessive ongattaan
ongattansa 		ongittaan
ongittansa
instructive — —
comitative — onkineen
onkinensa

Synonyms

Anagrams

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-ônka (infinitive (Rwanda) kônka or (Rundi) kwônka, perfective -ônse)

  1. suckle, nurse at a breast

Tooro

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Bantu *jèká (“only”) and/or Proto-Bantu *nkʊ̀ (“only”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

-onka

  1. only, alone, excluding others
    inywe inywenka ― only you all

Inflection

Inflected forms of -onka
Person Singular Plural
1st person nyenka itwenka
2nd person wenka inywenka
3rd person 1/2 wenka bonka
3/4 gwonka yonka
5/6 lyonka gonka
7/8 kyonka byonka
9/10 yonka zonka
11/10 rwonka
12/14 konka bwonka
13 twonka
14/6 bwonka gonka
15/6 kwonka
16 honka

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 449
  2. Entry 3293 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  3. Entry 4906 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Yoruba

Etymology

From òǹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to count”).

Pronunciation

Noun

òǹkà

  1. number
    Synonym: nọ́ḿbà
  2. counter

Derived terms

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