Finnish

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Etymology

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From earlier -nka-i, from -nka +‎ -i.

Suffix

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-nko (front vowel harmony variant -nkö, linguistic notation -nkO)

  1. Forms nouns, mostly describing locations.

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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Akin to Finnish -nko.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-nko (front vowel variant -nkö)

  1. (rare) Used to form nouns denoting locations.

Declension

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Declension of -nko (type 4/koivu, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative -nko -ngot
genitive -ngon -nkoin, -nkoloin
partitive -nkoa -nkoja, -nkoloja
illative -nkoo -nkoi, -nkoloihe
inessive -ngos -ngois, -nkolois
elative -ngost -ngoist, -nkoloist
allative -ngolle -ngoille, -nkoloille
adessive -ngol -ngoil, -nkoloil
ablative -ngolt -ngoilt, -nkoloilt
translative -ngoks -ngoiks, -nkoloiks
essive -nkonna, -nkoon -nkoinna, -nkoloinna, -nkoin, -nkoloin
exessive1) -nkont -nkoint, -nkoloint
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.

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