porkkana
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Porkkanoja.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian борка́н (borkán). See Latvian burkāns for further etymology.
Noun
porkkana
- carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus)
- (figuratively) carrot (incentive, motivational tool)
Declension
| Inflection of porkkana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | porkkana | porkkanat | |
| genitive | porkkanan | porkkanoiden porkkanoitten | |
| partitive | porkkanaa | porkkanoita | |
| illative | porkkanaan | porkkanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | porkkana | porkkanat | |
| accusative | nom. | porkkana | porkkanat |
| gen. | porkkanan | ||
| genitive | porkkanan | porkkanoiden porkkanoitten porkkanain rare | |
| partitive | porkkanaa | porkkanoita | |
| inessive | porkkanassa | porkkanoissa | |
| elative | porkkanasta | porkkanoista | |
| illative | porkkanaan | porkkanoihin | |
| adessive | porkkanalla | porkkanoilla | |
| ablative | porkkanalta | porkkanoilta | |
| allative | porkkanalle | porkkanoille | |
| essive | porkkanana | porkkanoina | |
| translative | porkkanaksi | porkkanoiksi | |
| abessive | porkkanatta | porkkanoitta | |
| instructive | — | porkkanoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “porkkana”, 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
Etymology 2
Noun
porkkana
Ingrian
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian боркан (borkan). Related to Finnish porkkana and Estonian porgand.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈporkːɑnɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈporkːɑnɑ/,
- Rhymes: -orkːɑn, -orkːɑnɑ
- Hyphenation: pork‧ka‧na
Noun
porkkana
- carrot
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:
- Kapussan, lantut, porkkanat.
- Cabbage, turnips, carrots.
- 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Mont porkkanaa ono oikias pooles? Mont porkkanaa ono kuras pooles? Mont porkkanaa ono kaikkia?
- How many carrots are on the right side? How many carrots are on the left side? How many carrots are in total?
Declension
| Declension of porkkana (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | porkkana | porkkanat |
| genitive | porkkanan | porkkanoin |
| partitive | porkkanaa | porkkanoja |
| illative | porkkanaa | porkkanoihe |
| inessive | porkkanaas | porkkanois |
| elative | porkkanast | porkkanoist |
| allative | porkkanalle | porkkanoille |
| adessive | porkkanaal | porkkanoil |
| ablative | porkkanalt | porkkanoilt |
| translative | porkkanaks | porkkanoiks |
| essive | porkkananna, porkkanaan | porkkanoinna, porkkanoin |
| exessive1) | porkkanant | porkkanoint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “порканатъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 693
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 424