akka

See also: Akka and -akka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Template:compare is possibly an old loan from Finnish, explaining the irregular correspondence of -a- to -á-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ak‧ka

Noun

akka

  1. hag, crone (old woman)
  2. (derogatory) woman; wife; hag, witch
  3. (informal, chess, card games) queen, bitch
    hertta-akka = queen of hearts

Declension
Inflection of akka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative akka akat
genitive akan akkojen
partitive akkaa akkoja
illative akkaan akkoihin
singular plural
nominative akka akat
accusative nom. akka akat
gen. akan
genitive akan akkojen
akkainrare
partitive akkaa akkoja
inessive akassa akoissa
elative akasta akoista
illative akkaan akkoihin
adessive akalla akoilla
ablative akalta akoilta
allative akalle akoille
essive akkana akkoina
translative akaksi akoiksi
instructive — akoin
abessive akatta akoitta
comitative — akkoineen
Possessive forms of akka (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person akkani akkamme
2nd person akkasi akkanne
3rd person akkansa

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

Compounds
compounds

See also

See also

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka and Veps ak.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: ak‧ka

Noun

akka

  1. old woman
    • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:
      On peeni ja niin vohma veel,
      Ni anteeks antaa voip,
      A akalle, miks jurma on,
      Saap antaa pleettiä!"
      He is young and such a fool,
      That he can forgive,
      But the old woman, how brave she is,
      He's able to give the whip!"

Declension
Declension of akka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative akka akat
genitive akan akkoin
partitive akkaa akkoja
illative akkaa akkoi
inessive akas akois
elative akast akoist
allative akalle akoille
adessive akal akoil
ablative akalt akoilt
translative akaks akoiks
essive akkanna, akkaan akkoinna, akkoin
exessive1) akkant akkoint
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.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 9

Japanese

Romanization

akka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あっか

Karelian
Regional variants of akka
North Karelian
(Viena)		 akka
South Karelian
(Tver)		 akka

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *akka. Cognates include Finnish akka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑkːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ak‧ka

Noun

akka (genitive akan, partitive akkua)

  1. wife
  2. old woman; hag

Declension
Viena Karelian declension of akka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative akka akat
genitive akan akkojen
partitive akkua akkoja
illative akkah akkoih
inessive akašša akoissa
elative akašta akoista
adessive akalla akoilla
ablative akalta akoilta
translative akakši akoiksi
essive akkana akkoina
comitative — akoineh
comitative akatta akoitta
Tver Karelian declension of akka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative akka akat
genitive akan akoin
partitive akkua akkoida
illative akkah akkoih
inessive akašša akoissa
elative akašta akoista
adessive akalla akoilla
ablative akalda akoilda
translative akakši akoiksi
essive akkana akkoina
comitative akanke akoinke
comitative akatta akoitta
Possessive forms of akka
1st person akkani
2nd person akkaš
3rd person akkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms
  • (old woman): (dialectal, derogatory) ämmä

References
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “akka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [akka]

Verb

akka

  1. (transitive) to make a kind of wooden canoe (kudiyada)

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “akka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • (noun): IPA(key): /ˈɑk.kɑ/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /²ɑk.kɑ/

Noun

akka n

  1. definite plural of akk

Verb

akka (present tense akkar, past tense akka, past participle akka, passive infinitive akkast, present participle akkande, imperative akka/akk)

  1. alternative form of akke

Old Norse

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: akk‧a

Noun

akka f (genitive ǫkku, plural ǫkkur)

  1. arrow

Declension
  Declension of akka (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative akka akkan ǫkkur ǫkkurnar
accusative ǫkku ǫkkuna ǫkkur ǫkkurnar
dative ǫkku ǫkkunni ǫkkum ǫkkunum
genitive ǫkku ǫkkunnar akkna akknanna
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