talka

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See also: Talka and tálka

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

talka inan

  1. collision, clash

Declension

Declension of talka (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive talka talka talkak
ergative talkak talkak talkek
dative talkari talkari talkei
genitive talkaren talkaren talken
comitative talkarekin talkarekin talkekin
causative talkarengatik talkarengatik talkengatik
benefactive talkarentzat talkarentzat talkentzat
instrumental talkaz talkaz talkez
inessive talkatan talkan talketan
locative talkatako talkako talketako
allative talkatara talkara talketara
terminative talkataraino talkaraino talketaraino
directive talkatarantz talkarantz talketarantz
destinative talkatarako talkarako talketarako
ablative talkatatik talkatik talketatik
partitive talkarik — —
prolative talkatzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “talka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “talka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tolkaʔ. Cognate with Lithuanian talkà and Polish tłoka.

Noun

talka f (4th declension)

  1. joint work
  2. help
  3. assistance

Declension

Declension of talka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) talka talkas
accusative (akuzatīvs) talku talkas
genitive (ģenitīvs) talkas talku
dative (datīvs) talkai talkām
instrumental (instrumentālis) talku talkām
locative (lokatīvs) talkā talkās
vocative (vokatīvs) talka talkas

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 495-496. →ISBN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tłok tłok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 571-572

Lithuanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tolkaʔ. Cognate with Latvian talka and Polish tłoka.

Pronunciation

Noun

talkà f stress pattern 4

  1. cooperated voluntary work (chiefly communal and agricultural)
    rugiapjūtės talka - cooperated harvest
  2. assistance
    ateiti į talką - to come to help
  3. gathered crowd

Declension

Declension of talkà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) talkà tal̃kos
genitive (kilmininkas) talkõs talkų̃
dative (naudininkas) tal̃kai talkóms
accusative (galininkas) tal̃ką talkàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) talkà talkomìs
locative (vietininkas) talkojè talkosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) tal̃ka tal̃kos

Note: Besides this table, there is an illative singular form talkõn.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 495-496. →ISBN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tłok tłok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 571-572
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “talka” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “talka” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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