sykkyrä

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Finnish

Etymology

Sound-symbolic;[1] perhaps with a root sVkkVrA (sikkara, sikkura, säkkärä...) Also related to Ingrian sükkürä, Karelian sykkyrä and Votic sükäre.

Pronunciation

Noun

sykkyrä

  1. A kink (tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material).
    Emme saaneet riittävästi vettä palon sammutukseen, koska letku oli sykkyrällä.
    We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.

Declension

Inflection of sykkyrä (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative sykkyrä sykkyrät
genitive sykkyrän sykkyröiden
sykkyröitten
partitive sykkyrää sykkyröitä
illative sykkyrään sykkyröihin
singular plural
nominative sykkyrä sykkyrät
accusative nom. sykkyrä sykkyrät
gen. sykkyrän
genitive sykkyrän sykkyröiden
sykkyröitten
sykkyräin rare
partitive sykkyrää sykkyröitä
inessive sykkyrässä sykkyröissä
elative sykkyrästä sykkyröistä
illative sykkyrään sykkyröihin
adessive sykkyrällä sykkyröillä
ablative sykkyrältä sykkyröiltä
allative sykkyrälle sykkyröille
essive sykkyränä sykkyröinä
translative sykkyräksi sykkyröiksi
abessive sykkyrättä sykkyröittä
instructive sykkyröin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sykkyrä (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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