seka-

See also: seka and sekä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seka, possibly from Proto-Uralic *sekä (“inside, interior”), thus "among" (also see seassa) and later "mixed". The word has (presumably original) front vowels in Võro but back vowels elsewhere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsekɑ-/, [ˈs̠e̞kɑ̝-]

Prefix

seka-

1. mixed
2. cross-

Inflection

Declension of seka- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative seka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive seassa – temporal – – elative seasta – causative – – illative sekaan – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – sekaisin allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The cases of seka- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Derived terms

adjectives

• sekainen
• sekalainen
• sekava

 

adverbs

• sekaisin

 

nouns

• sekuli
• seos

 

verbs

• seata
• sekaantua
• sekoittaa
• seota

 

compounds

• seka-auto
• seka-avioliitto
• sekahedelmä
• sekakuoro
• sekaleipä
• sekanelinpeli
• sekarotuinen
• sekasikiö
• sekasorto
• sekasotku
• sekasukupuolisuus
• sekatavarakauppa
• sekauinti

 

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Further reading

• “seka-”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• eksa-, sake

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëka. Cognates include Finnish seka- and Estonian sega-.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsekɑ-/, [ˈs̠e̞kɑ-]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsekɑ-/, [ˈʃe̞ɡ̊ɑ-]

Prefix

seka-

1. mixed

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with seka-

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515