kikkara

Finnish

Etymology

Sound-symbolic;[1] perhaps a sound-symbolicized variant of kokkare, kakkara, etc. For the sense "curly", also compare kihara; perhaps in this sense a sound-symbolic sense of that and the word group to which sikkura, säkkärä belong.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkikːɑrɑ/, [ˈkikːɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ikːɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kik‧ka‧ra

Noun

kikkara

  1. A piece of excrement from a small animal such as a hare.
    Synonym: papana

Declension
Inflection of kikkara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kikkara kikkarat
genitive kikkaran kikkaroiden
kikkaroitten
partitive kikkaraa kikkaroita
illative kikkaraan kikkaroihin
singular plural
nominative kikkara kikkarat
accusative nom. kikkara kikkarat
gen. kikkaran
genitive kikkaran kikkaroiden
kikkaroitten
kikkarainrare
partitive kikkaraa kikkaroita
inessive kikkarassa kikkaroissa
elative kikkarasta kikkaroista
illative kikkaraan kikkaroihin
adessive kikkaralla kikkaroilla
ablative kikkaralta kikkaroilta
allative kikkaralle kikkaroille
essive kikkarana kikkaroina
translative kikkaraksi kikkaroiksi
instructive — kikkaroin
abessive kikkaratta kikkaroitta
comitative — kikkaroineen
Possessive forms of kikkara (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person kikkarani kikkaramme
2nd person kikkarasi kikkaranne
3rd person kikkaransa

Adjective

kikkara (comparative kikkarampi, superlative kikkarin)

  1. curly

Declension
Inflection of kikkara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kikkara kikkarat
genitive kikkaran kikkaroiden
kikkaroitten
partitive kikkaraa kikkaroita
illative kikkaraan kikkaroihin
singular plural
nominative kikkara kikkarat
accusative nom. kikkara kikkarat
gen. kikkaran
genitive kikkaran kikkaroiden
kikkaroitten
kikkarainrare
partitive kikkaraa kikkaroita
inessive kikkarassa kikkaroissa
elative kikkarasta kikkaroista
illative kikkaraan kikkaroihin
adessive kikkaralla kikkaroilla
ablative kikkaralta kikkaroilta
allative kikkaralle kikkaroille
essive kikkarana kikkaroina
translative kikkaraksi kikkaroiksi
instructive — kikkaroin
abessive kikkaratta kikkaroitta
comitative — kikkaroine
Possessive forms of kikkara (type kulkija)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person kikkarani kikkaramme
2nd person kikkarasi kikkaranne
3rd person kikkaransa

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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