jenkka
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from dialectal Swedish jänka, jänk, from jämka, (dialectal) jänka (“make fit, make even”) in reference to the choreography.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjenkka
- (dance) a Finnish folk dance similar to schottische
- (music) the music style associated with this dance
Declension
editInflection of jenkka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | jenkka | jenkat | |
genitive | jenkan | jenkkojen | |
partitive | jenkkaa | jenkkoja | |
illative | jenkkaan | jenkkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jenkka | jenkat | |
accusative | nom. | jenkka | jenkat |
gen. | jenkan | ||
genitive | jenkan | jenkkojen jenkkain rare | |
partitive | jenkkaa | jenkkoja | |
inessive | jenkassa | jenkoissa | |
elative | jenkasta | jenkoista | |
illative | jenkkaan | jenkkoihin | |
adessive | jenkalla | jenkoilla | |
ablative | jenkalta | jenkoilta | |
allative | jenkalle | jenkoille | |
essive | jenkkana | jenkkoina | |
translative | jenkaksi | jenkoiksi | |
abessive | jenkatta | jenkoitta | |
instructive | — | jenkoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Descendants
edit- → Norwegian Bokmål: jenka
Further reading
edit- “jenkka”, 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