ankara
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic أَنْكَرَ (ʔankara, “to deny”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ankará f
Declension edit
Declension of ankará | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | ankará | |||||||||||||||||
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References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ankara”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from the same source as ankea with anka- + -ra. Cognate with Karelian ankara.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ankara (comparative ankarampi, superlative ankarin)
- harsh, hard, strict (of a person or character, etc.)
- harsh, sharp, fierce (e.g. of the weather, such as winter weather)
- barren, austere, desolate (of a place, e.g. of a landscape)
Usage notes edit
- (harsh): "to" is expressed with the allative case.
Declension edit
Inflection of ankara (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ankara | ankarat | |
genitive | ankaran | ankarien | |
partitive | ankaraa | ankaria | |
illative | ankaraan | ankariin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ankara | ankarat | |
accusative | nom. | ankara | ankarat |
gen. | ankaran | ||
genitive | ankaran | ankarien ankarainrare | |
partitive | ankaraa | ankaria | |
inessive | ankarassa | ankarissa | |
elative | ankarasta | ankarista | |
illative | ankaraan | ankariin | |
adessive | ankaralla | ankarilla | |
ablative | ankaralta | ankarilta | |
allative | ankaralle | ankarille | |
essive | ankarana | ankarina | |
translative | ankaraksi | ankariksi | |
abessive | ankaratta | ankaritta | |
instructive | — | ankarin | |
comitative | — | ankarine |
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “ankara”, 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
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ankara (n class, plural ankara)