kakku
Estonian edit
Noun edit
kakku
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed either from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō, “cake (of bread)”) or earlier Proto-Germanic *kakǭ; compare modern Swedish kaka and Estonian kakk (“loaf of white bread”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kakku
- cake
- (figuratively) pie (whole of wealth or resource)
- Ellipsis of hunajakakku.
- (slang) bit (prison sentence)
Usage notes edit
- (cake): Tends to refer to larger cakes served in slices. Small, individual cakes tend to be called leivos or pikkuleipä, but may also be called kakku, particularly in compounds.
Declension edit
| Inflection of kakku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kakku | kakut | ||
| genitive | kakun | kakkujen | ||
| partitive | kakkua | kakkuja | ||
| illative | kakkuun | kakkuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kakku | kakut | ||
| accusative | nom. | kakku | kakut | |
| gen. | kakun | |||
| genitive | kakun | kakkujen | ||
| partitive | kakkua | kakkuja | ||
| inessive | kakussa | kakuissa | ||
| elative | kakusta | kakuista | ||
| illative | kakkuun | kakkuihin | ||
| adessive | kakulla | kakuilla | ||
| ablative | kakulta | kakuilta | ||
| allative | kakulle | kakuille | ||
| essive | kakkuna | kakkuina | ||
| translative | kakuksi | kakuiksi | ||
| abessive | kakutta | kakuitta | ||
| instructive | — | kakuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms edit
- kakuttaa
- moni kakku päältä kaunis[, vaan on silkkoa sisältä] (“~ all that glitters is not gold”, literally “many a cake is beautiful on the surface[, but on the inside there's only phloem bread]”) (usually shortened)
- siivu kakusta
compounds
- ambrosiakakku
- bostonkakku
- geishakakku
- hedelmäkakku
- hiekkakakku
- hopeakakku
- hunajakakku
- hääkakku
- jamssikakku
- juustokakku
- jäätelökakku
- kahvikakku
- kakkukahvi
- kakkulapio
- kakkulautanen
- kakkumaskara
- kakkuotin
- kakkupala
- kakkupaperi
- kakkupohja
- kakkupuuteri
- kakkutaikina
- kakkutikkari
- kakkuvuoka
- kakunpala
- keikauskakku
- kennokakku
- kermakakku
- kerroskakku
- kilokakku
- kinuskikakku
- koekakku
- kookoskakku
- korinttikakku
- kuivakakku
- kuppikakku
- kuukakku
- käpykakku
- laardikakku
- lehmänlantakakku
- linnunkakku
- loppiaiskakku
- maapähkinäkakku
- maissikakku
- mansikkakakku
- marenkikakku
- marsipaanikakku
- maustekakku
- mokkakakku
- murokakku
- mutakakku
- nugaakakku
- omenakakku
- pannukakku
- piimäkakku
- porkkanakakku
- prinsessakakku
- pumpulikakku
- pähkinäkakku
- pääsiäiskakku
- raakakakku
- rapsikakku
- rehukakku
- riisikakku
- rusinakakku
- sacherkakku
- savikakku
- schwartzwaldinkakku
- siemenkakku
- sifonkikakku
- soijakakku
- sokerikakku
- suklaakakku
- syntymäpäiväkakku
- taatelikakku
- tamppukakku
- tiikerikakku
- toscakakku
- täytekakku
- vahakakku
- vaippakakku
- voikakku
- voileipäkakku
- vuokakakku
- välipalakakku
- öljykakku
Further reading edit
- “kakku”, 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
Anagrams edit
Greenlandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
kakku (demonstrative)
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kakku. Cognates include Finnish kakku and Estonian kakk.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːŭ̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑkːu
- Hyphenation: kak‧ku
Noun edit
kakku
Declension edit
| Declension of kakku (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kakku | kakut |
| genitive | kakun | kakkuin, kakkuloin |
| partitive | kakkua | kakkuja, kakkuloja |
| illative | kakkuu | kakkui, kakkuloihe |
| inessive | kakus | kakuis, kakkulois |
| elative | kakust | kakuist, kakkuloist |
| allative | kakulle | kakuille, kakkuloille |
| adessive | kakul | kakuil, kakkuloil |
| ablative | kakult | kakuilt, kakkuloilt |
| translative | kakuks | kakuiks, kakkuloiks |
| essive | kakkunna, kakkuun | kakkuinna, kakkuloinna, kakkuin, kakkuloin |
| exessive1) | kakkunt | kakkuint, kakkuloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 125
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kakku.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kakku
Inflection edit
| Declension of kakku (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kakku | kakud |
| genitive | kaku | kakkujõ, kakkui |
| partitive | kakkua | kakkuitõ, kakkui |
| illative | kakkusõ, kakku | kakkuisõ |
| inessive | kakuz | kakkuiz |
| elative | kakussõ | kakkuissõ |
| allative | kakulõ | kakkuilõ |
| adessive | kakullõ | kakkuillõ |
| ablative | kakultõ | kakkuiltõ |
| translative | kakussi | kakkuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kakku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn