ukko

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Probably a Finnic pet form of uros (“man, male”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/,
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Hyphenation^(key): uk‧ko

ukko

1. old man, gaffer
2. adult male wood grouse or black grouse

   Synonym: ukkometso

3. (informal) token in a board game, meeple, game piece

   Synonyms: nappula, ukkeli

4. (video games, informal) player character in video games

   Synonyms: hahmo, ukkeli

• akka

• “ukko”, 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

From Proto-Finnic *ukko (“old man”). Cognates include Finnish ukko and Veps uk.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/,
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

ukko

1. old man
2. thunder
3. Short for lumiukko.
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Käsijä palensi, mut ukko tuli hyvä.

     hands feel cold, but the man turned out good.

• (old man): äijä, starikka
• (thunder): jyry, jyrinä, ukonjyry

• (old man): akka, ämmä, ämmö, staruhha (“old woman”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 622

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognates include Finnish ukko and Ingrian ukko.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

ukko (genitive ukon, partitive ukkuo)

1. old man
   • 1963, “1. Repo ta ukko kalalla”, in U. S. Konkka et al., editors, Карельские народные сказки [Karelian folk tales]‎, page 52:

     Panou ukko kokkua järveh ta ryšyä niihi kokkih.

     An old man was putting hooks into the lake and nets on these hooks.

2. husband
3. thunder

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ukko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “дед”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *ukko.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈukːo/,
• Rhymes: -ukːo
• Hyphenation: uk‧ko

ukko

1. old man
2. thunder

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn