pukki
See also: Pukki
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Swedish bukker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pukki
- billygoat; buck (male goat)
- (colloquial) lecherous man
- sawhorse (device used to support pieces of timber while sawing)
- (colloquial) check, checkmark (✓).
- (informal) Short for joulupukki (“Santa Claus, Santa”).
- (colloquial) driver's seat
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting horse
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting table
Declension edit
Inflection of pukki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pukki | pukit | ||
genitive | pukin | pukkien | ||
partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | ||
illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pukki | pukit | ||
accusative | nom. | pukki | pukit | |
gen. | pukin | |||
genitive | pukin | pukkien | ||
partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | ||
inessive | pukissa | pukeissa | ||
elative | pukista | pukeista | ||
illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | ||
adessive | pukilla | pukeilla | ||
ablative | pukilta | pukeilta | ||
allative | pukille | pukeille | ||
essive | pukkina | pukkeina | ||
translative | pukiksi | pukeiksi | ||
abessive | pukitta | pukeitta | ||
instructive | — | pukein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (lecherous man): huoripukki
- (sawhorse): sahapukki
- (Santa): joulupukki, joulu-ukko
- (vaulting horse): hyppyteline, hyppypukki (standard)
- (vaulting table): hyppyarkku (standard)
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “pukki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03