Finnish edit

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    Cardinal: kolme
    Colloquial counting form: koo, kol
    Ordinal: kolmas
    Colloquial ordinal: kolkki (regional)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3., 3:s
    Digit name: kolmonen
    Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti
    Multiplier: kolminkertainen
    Distributive: kolmittain
    Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes

Etymology edit

Clipping of kolmas +‎ -kki

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolkːi/, [ˈko̞lkːi]
  • Rhymes: -olkːi
  • Syllabification(key): kolk‧ki

Numeral edit

kolkki (colloquial, rare)

  1. Synonym of kolmas.

Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkolkːi/, [ˈkoɫkʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -olkːi
  • Hyphenation: kolk‧ki

Noun edit

kolkki

  1. scoop, ladle

Inflection edit

Declension of kolkki (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kolkki kolkid
genitive kolki kolkkijõ, kolkkii
partitive kolkkia kolkkiitõ, kolkkii
illative kolkkisõ, kolkki kolkkiisõ
inessive kolkiz kolkkiiz
elative kolkissõ kolkkiissõ
allative kolkilõ kolkkiilõ
adessive kolkillõ kolkkiillõ
ablative kolkiltõ kolkkiiltõ
translative kolkissi kolkkiissi
*) 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) “kolttši”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn