ankkuri

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish [Term?] (whence Swedish ancker, a variant of ankare; compare Old Swedish ankæri, ankar; perhaps adapted with -uri), ultimately from Old Norse akkeri, itself ultimately from Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːuri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkːuri
  • Syllabification(key): ank‧ku‧ri

Noun

ankkuri

  1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into the seabed)
  2. (figurative) anchor (something that serves to provide a fixing point)
  3. (television) anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman
  4. anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman (final runner in relay race)
  5. (electronics) armature (in an electromagnetic apparatus)
  6. (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for volume of liquid substances, equal to around 39 litres

Declension

Inflection of ankkuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative ankkuri ankkurit
genitive ankkurin ankkurien
ankkureiden
ankkureitten
partitive ankkuria ankkureita
ankkureja
illative ankkuriin ankkureihin
singular plural
nominative ankkuri ankkurit
accusative nom. ankkuri ankkurit
gen. ankkurin
genitive ankkurin ankkurien
ankkureiden
ankkureitten
partitive ankkuria ankkureita
ankkureja
inessive ankkurissa ankkureissa
elative ankkurista ankkureista
illative ankkuriin ankkureihin
adessive ankkurilla ankkureilla
ablative ankkurilta ankkureilta
allative ankkurille ankkureille
essive ankkurina ankkureina
translative ankkuriksi ankkureiksi
instructive ankkurein
abessive ankkuritta ankkureitta
comitative ankkureineen
Possessive forms of ankkuri (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person ankkurini ankkurimme
2nd person ankkurisi ankkurinne
3rd person ankkurinsa

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Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Swedish [Term?] (compare ankæri, ankar, Swedish ankare), possibly through Finnish ankkuri.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːər]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːuri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋkːuri
  • Hyphenation: ank‧ku‧ri

Noun

ankkuri

  1. anchor

Declension

Declension of ankkuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ankkuri ankkurit
genitive ankkurin ankkuriin, ankkuriloin
partitive ankkuria ankkurija, ankkuriloja
illative ankkurii ankkurii, ankkuriloihe
inessive ankkuriis ankkuriis, ankkurilois
elative ankkurist ankkuriist, ankkuriloist
allative ankkurille ankkuriille, ankkuriloille
adessive ankkuriil ankkuriil, ankkuriloil
ablative ankkurilt ankkuriilt, ankkuriloilt
translative ankkuriks ankkuriiks, ankkuriloiks
essive ankkurinna, ankkuriin ankkuriinna, ankkuriloinna, ankkuriin, ankkuriloin
exessive1) ankkurint ankkuriint, ankkuriloint
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

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16
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