potkuri
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Potkuri.
Finnish
Etymology
potkia (“to kick”) + -uri. Coined by Finnish author, translator and book printer J. F. Granlund in 1866.
Pronunciation
Noun
potkuri
- (nautical) screw, propeller
- Synonym: propelli
- (aeronautics) propeller, prop
- Synonym: propelli
- (informal) Synonym of potkukelkka (“kicksled”)
Declension
| Inflection of potkuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | potkuri | potkurit | |
| genitive | potkurin | potkurien potkureiden potkureitten | |
| partitive | potkuria | potkureita potkureja | |
| illative | potkuriin | potkureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | potkuri | potkurit | |
| accusative | nom. | potkuri | potkurit |
| gen. | potkurin | ||
| genitive | potkurin | potkurien potkureiden potkureitten | |
| partitive | potkuria | potkureita potkureja | |
| inessive | potkurissa | potkureissa | |
| elative | potkurista | potkureista | |
| illative | potkuriin | potkureihin | |
| adessive | potkurilla | potkureilla | |
| ablative | potkurilta | potkureilta | |
| allative | potkurille | potkureille | |
| essive | potkurina | potkureina | |
| translative | potkuriksi | potkureiksi | |
| abessive | potkuritta | potkureitta | |
| instructive | — | potkurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ingrian: potkuri
Further reading
- “potkuri”, 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
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish potkuri, equivalent to potkia (“to kick”) + -uri.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpotkuri/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpotkuri/,
- Rhymes: -otkurʲ, -otkuri
- Hyphenation: pot‧ku‧ri
Noun
potkuri
Declension
| Declension of potkuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | potkuri | potkurit |
| genitive | potkurin | potkuriin, potkuriloin |
| partitive | potkuria | potkurija, potkuriloja |
| illative | potkurii | potkurii, potkuriloihe |
| inessive | potkuriis | potkuriis, potkurilois |
| elative | potkurist | potkuriist, potkuriloist |
| allative | potkurille | potkuriille, potkuriloille |
| adessive | potkuriil | potkuriil, potkuriloil |
| ablative | potkurilt | potkuriilt, potkuriloilt |
| translative | potkuriks | potkuriiks, potkuriloiks |
| essive | potkurinna, potkuriin | potkuriinna, potkuriloinna, potkuriin, potkuriloin |
| exessive1) | potkurint | potkuriint, potkuriloint |
| 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. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 426