pontikka
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Finnish
Etymology
The term is believed to derive from a French wine, Pontet-Canet, which was popular among the Finnish bourgeoisie in the 1800s. When the common people distilled their own drink, they gave it a name that sounds roughly the same. Alternatively possibly from Pontac, with + -kka.
Pronunciation
Noun
pontikka
- moonshine (illegal home-distilled liquor)
Declension
| Inflection of pontikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pontikka | pontikat | |
| genitive | pontikan | pontikoiden pontikoitten pontikkojen | |
| partitive | pontikkaa | pontikoita pontikkoja | |
| illative | pontikkaan | pontikoihin pontikkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pontikka | pontikat | |
| accusative | nom. | pontikka | pontikat |
| gen. | pontikan | ||
| genitive | pontikan | pontikoiden pontikoitten pontikkojen pontikkain rare | |
| partitive | pontikkaa | pontikoita pontikkoja | |
| inessive | pontikassa | pontikoissa | |
| elative | pontikasta | pontikoista | |
| illative | pontikkaan | pontikoihin pontikkoihin | |
| adessive | pontikalla | pontikoilla | |
| ablative | pontikalta | pontikoilta | |
| allative | pontikalle | pontikoille | |
| essive | pontikkana | pontikkoina | |
| translative | pontikaksi | pontikoiksi | |
| abessive | pontikatta | pontikoitta | |
| instructive | — | pontikoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- atomitärpätti
- Juurikan tähkä
- kanttura
- Kiteen kirkas
- korpiroju
- korpikuusen kyynel
- kotipolttoinen
- kuutamoviski
- käsinkudottu
- metsäviini
- ponu
- sorretun voima
- vasenkätinen
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “pontikka”, 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 2023-07-03