takkaa

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Ingrian

Etymology 1

From the illative of Proto-Finnic *taka-, from Proto-Uralic *taka (behind).

Pronunciation

Adverb

takkaa

  1. (of motion) backward
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Ken arvajaa matkapoolen itsest - „oikiaa“, „kurraa“, „ettee“, „takkaa“, - se kiiree öksyy veerahas paikaas.
      Whoever determines the direction of a journey from oneself - „to the right“, „to the left“, „forward“, „backward“, - that will quickly get lost in an unfamiliar location.
Antonyms

Postposition

takkaa (+ genitive)

  1. (of motion) behind
    • 2008, Сойкинский Край, number 7, page 9:
      Ivoi ja Pedoi männiit hoomukseel metsää, suuren soon takkaa poolaa korjamaa.
      In the morning Ivoi and Pedoi went to the forest, behind the swamp, to gather cowberries.
Antonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

takkaa

  1. inflection of taata:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 568