silakka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Originally meant "salted herring". Probably borrowed from Swedish sillake, from sill (“herring”) + lake (“brine”) (compare saltlake), referring to the brine herrings were salted with. The word may have influenced by salakka, another word for a fish, in both form and meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
silakka
- Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras
- (nautical, military slang) A drafted navy soldier.
Declension edit
Inflection of silakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | silakka | silakat | ||
genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen | ||
partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | ||
illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | silakka | silakat | ||
accusative | nom. | silakka | silakat | |
gen. | silakan | |||
genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen silakkainrare | ||
partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | ||
inessive | silakassa | silakoissa | ||
elative | silakasta | silakoista | ||
illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | ||
adessive | silakalla | silakoilla | ||
ablative | silakalta | silakoilta | ||
allative | silakalle | silakoille | ||
essive | silakkana | silakkoina | ||
translative | silakaksi | silakoiksi | ||
abessive | silakatta | silakoitta | ||
instructive | — | silakoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “silakka”, 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 edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Related to Finnish silakka and Estonian silk.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈs̠iɫɑkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈʃiɫɑkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ilɑkː, -ilɑkːɑ
- Hyphenation: si‧lak‧ka
Noun edit
silakka
Declension edit
Declension of silakka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | silakka | silakat |
genitive | silakan | silakkoin |
partitive | silakkaa | silakkoja |
illative | silakkaa | silakkoihe |
inessive | silakaas | silakois |
elative | silakast | silakoist |
allative | silakalle | silakoille |
adessive | silakaal | silakoil |
ablative | silakalt | silakoilt |
translative | silakaks | silakoiks |
essive | silakkanna, silakkaan | silakkoinna, silakkoin |
exessive1) | silakkant | silakkoint |
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 edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 381