cirkka

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Cirkka.

Uncertain:

• Possibly borrowed from Russian чирок (čirok, “billet”), itself probably related to чурка (čurka).
• Alternatively, from Etymology 2, possibly due to the piece's motion resembling that of a cricket.

Related to dialectal Finnish sirkka and Veps tširk.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
• Hyphenation: cirk‧ka

Noun

cirkka

1. tipcat (game)
2. billet, cat (piece of wood struck in a game of tipcat)

Declension

Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	cirkka	cirkat
genitive	cirkan	cirkkoin
partitive	cirkkaa	cirkkoja
illative	cirkkaa	cirkkoi
inessive	cirkaas	cirkois
elative	cirkast	cirkoist
allative	cirkalle	cirkoille
adessive	cirkaal	cirkoil
ablative	cirkalt	cirkoilt
translative	cirkaks	cirkoiks
essive	cirkkanna, cirkkaan	cirkkoinna, cirkkoin
exessive1)	cirkkant	cirkkoint
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.

Etymology 2

Some way derived from Proto-Finnic *cirkka, possibly an old borrowing from a Karelian dialect.

The regular development from Proto-Finnic *c- is s- in Ingrian, and can be seen in serkka.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
• Hyphenation: cirk‧ka

Noun

cirkka

1. Synonym of serkka

Declension

Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	cirkka	cirkat
genitive	cirkan	cirkkoin
partitive	cirkkaa	cirkkoja
illative	cirkkaa	cirkkoi
inessive	cirkaas	cirkois
elative	cirkast	cirkoist
allative	cirkalle	cirkoille
adessive	cirkaal	cirkoil
ablative	cirkalt	cirkoilt
translative	cirkaks	cirkoiks
essive	cirkkanna, cirkkaan	cirkkoinna, cirkkoin
exessive1)	cirkkant	cirkkoint
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.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 601