pokko

Karelian

Regional variants of pokko

North Karelian (Viena)	pokko
South Karelian (Tver)	bokko

Etymology

From an endearing form of dialectal Russian боран (boran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpokːo/
• Hyphenation: pok‧ko

Noun

pokko (genitive pokon, partitive pokkuo)

1. (North Karelian) ram (male sheep)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of pokko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pokko	pokot
genitive	pokon	pokkojen
partitive	pokkuo	pokkoja
illative	pokkoh	pokkoloih
inessive	pokošša	pokkoloissa
elative	pokošta	pokkoloista
adessive	pokolla	pokkoloilla
ablative	pokolta	pokkoloilta
translative	pokokši	pokkoloiksi
essive	pokkona	pokkoloina
comitative	—	pokkoloineh
abessive	pokotta	pokkoloitta

Possessive forms of pokko
1st person	pokkoni
2nd person	pokkoš
3rd person	pokkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Descendants

• → Finnish: pokko (dialectal)

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “баран”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN