pukki
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish bukker.
Pronunciation
Noun
pukki
- billygoat; buck (male goat)
- sawhorse (device used to support pieces of timber while sawing)
- Synonym: sahapukki
- trestle (structural member)
- (informal) Ellipsis of joulupukki (“Santa Claus, Santa, Father Christmas”).
- (colloquial) lecherous man
- Synonym: huoripukki
- (colloquial) tick, check, checkmark (✓)
- Synonyms: oikein-merkki, rasti
- (colloquial) driver's seat
- Synonym: kuljettajanpaikka
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting horse
- Synonyms: hyppyteline, hyppypukki
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting table
- Synonym: hyppyarkku
Declension
| Inflection of pukki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pukki | pukit | |
| genitive | pukin | pukkien | |
| partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | |
| illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pukki | pukit | |
| accusative | nom. | pukki | pukit |
| gen. | pukin | ||
| genitive | pukin | pukkien | |
| partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | |
| inessive | pukissa | pukeissa | |
| elative | pukista | pukeista | |
| illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | |
| adessive | pukilla | pukeilla | |
| ablative | pukilta | pukeilta | |
| allative | pukille | pukeille | |
| essive | pukkina | pukkeina | |
| translative | pukiksi | pukeiksi | |
| abessive | pukitta | pukeitta | |
| instructive | — | pukein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- autopukki
- huoripukki
- hyppypukki
- jauhopukki
- joulupukki
- kantelupukki
- kiinnityspukki
- kilipukki
- kuskipukki
- moottoripukki
- nuuttipukki
- olkipukki
- pukinjuuri
- pukinnahka
- pukinparta
- pukinpensas
- pukinsarvi
- pukinsorkka
- pukkihaasia
- pukkihyppely
- pukkihyppy
- pukkimokka
- pukkinosturi
- pukkisilta (“trestle bridge”)
- resupukki
- rihtauspukki
- rullapukki
- sahapukki
- suklaapukki
- syntipukki
- valepukki (“liar”)
- valepukki (“fake Santa”)
- vuohipukki
Further reading
- “pukki”, 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