-kko

See also KKO

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with Estonian -k(u).

Suffix

-kko (front vowel harmony variant -kkö)

1. A denominal suffix forming collective nouns, such as aallokko (“swell”), from aalto (“wave”) and nurmikko (“lawn”), from nurmi (“grass”).
2. A denominal suffix forming nouns denoting essential characteristics of a location, such as rannikko (“coast”), from ranta (“shore”) and hietikko (“sands”), from hieta (“sand”).
3. A denominal suffix forming names for various beings, such as poliitikko (“politician”), from politiikka (“politics”), fyysikko (“physicist”), from fysiikka (“physics”), lumikko (“least weasel”), from lumi (“snow”), and venakko (“Russian female”), from Venäjä (“Russia”).
4. A denominal suffix forming descriptive nouns, such as kolmikko (“threesome”), from kolme (“three”), haulikko (“shotgun”), from hauli (“shot”), and valjakko (“team”), from valjaat (“harness”).
5. A deverbal suffix forming nouns denoting activities or tools for an activity, such as:

rynnäkkö (“attack”), from rynnätä (“to attack”)

ylläkkö (“raid”), from yllättää (“to surprise”)

valikko (“menu (computing)”), from valita (“to choose”)

kehikko (“framework”), from kehystää (“to frame”)

Declension

Declension of -kko (type laatikko) singular plural nominative -kko -kot genitive -kon -kkojen -koiden -koitten partitive -kkoa -kkoja -koita accusative -kko -kon -kot inessive -kossa -koissa elative -kosta -koista illative -kkoon -kkoihin -koihin adessive -kolla -koilla ablative -kolta -koilta allative -kolle -koille essive -kkona -kkoina translative -koksi -koiksi instructive – -koin abessive -kotta -koitta comitative – -kkoineen

Derived terms

[+] Finnish words suffixed with -kko