jenkka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from dialectal Swedish jänka, jänk, from jämka, (dialectal) jänka (“make fit, make even”) in reference to the choreography.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jenkka
- (dance) a Finnish folk dance similar to schottische
- (music) the music style associated with this dance
Declension edit
Inflection of jenkka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jenkka | jenkat | ||
genitive | jenkan | jenkkojen | ||
partitive | jenkkaa | jenkkoja | ||
illative | jenkkaan | jenkkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jenkka | jenkat | ||
accusative | nom. | jenkka | jenkat | |
gen. | jenkan | |||
genitive | jenkan | jenkkojen jenkkainrare | ||
partitive | jenkkaa | jenkkoja | ||
inessive | jenkassa | jenkoissa | ||
elative | jenkasta | jenkoista | ||
illative | jenkkaan | jenkkoihin | ||
adessive | jenkalla | jenkoilla | ||
ablative | jenkalta | jenkoilta | ||
allative | jenkalle | jenkoille | ||
essive | jenkkana | jenkkoina | ||
translative | jenkaksi | jenkoiksi | ||
abessive | jenkatta | jenkoitta | ||
instructive | — | jenkoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Descendants edit
- → Norwegian Bokmål: jenka
Further reading edit
- “jenkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02