puukko
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A puukko with birch handle and full-length fuller
Puukko.
See also: Puukko
English
Etymology
Noun
puukko (plural puukkos or puukot)
- A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage, with a short blade and flat back; normally worn in a sheath on the waist, and used for woodcrafts or as a hunting knife.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:puukko.
Translations
type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
puu (“tree, wood”) + -kko. Cognate with Ingrian puukko. Reinforced by (or alternatively from) Middle Low German pōk.
Pronunciation
Noun
puukko
- knife, hunting knife
- Synonyms: see veitsi
- saada puukosta ― to get stabbed (literally, “to get (some) out of a knife”)
- (specifically) puukko (type of knife)
Declension
| Inflection of puukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puukko | puukot | |
| genitive | puukon | puukkojen | |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoja | |
| illative | puukkoon | puukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puukko | puukot | |
| accusative | nom. | puukko | puukot |
| gen. | puukon | ||
| genitive | puukon | puukkojen | |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoja | |
| inessive | puukossa | puukoissa | |
| elative | puukosta | puukoista | |
| illative | puukkoon | puukkoihin | |
| adessive | puukolla | puukoilla | |
| ablative | puukolta | puukoilta | |
| allative | puukolle | puukoille | |
| essive | puukkona | puukkoina | |
| translative | puukoksi | puukoiksi | |
| abessive | puukotta | puukoitta | |
| instructive | — | puukoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “puukko”, 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
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Etymology
From puu (“wood”) + -kko. Akin to Finnish puukko.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkːo/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkːoi̯/,
- Rhymes: -uːkːo, -uːkːoi̯
- Hyphenation: puuk‧ko
Noun
puukko
Declension
| Declension of puukko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puukko | puukot |
| genitive | puukon | puukkoin, puukkoloin |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoja, puukkoloja |
| illative | puukkoo | puukkoi, puukkoloihe |
| inessive | puukoos | puukois, puukkolois |
| elative | puukost | puukoist, puukkoloist |
| allative | puukolle | puukoille, puukkoloille |
| adessive | puukool | puukoil, puukkoloil |
| ablative | puukolt | puukoilt, puukkoloilt |
| translative | puukoks | puukoiks, puukkoloiks |
| essive | puukkonna, puukkoon | puukkoinna, puukkoloinna, puukkoin, puukkoloin |
| exessive1) | puukkont | puukkoint, puukkoloint |
| 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
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 445
Votic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
puukko
Inflection
| Declension of puukko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puukko | puukod |
| genitive | puuko | puukkojõ, puukkoi |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoitõ, puukkoi |
| illative | puukkosõ, puukko | puukkoisõ |
| inessive | puukoz | puukkoiz |
| elative | puukossõ | puukkoissõ |
| allative | puukolõ | puukkoilõ |
| adessive | puukollõ | puukkoillõ |
| ablative | puukoltõ | puukkoiltõ |
| translative | puukossi | puukkoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “puukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn