nakki

From Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaʰt͡ʃːɪ/
• Rhymes: -aʰt͡ʃːɪ

nakki m (genitive singular nakka, plural nakkar)

1. (anatomy) neck

• kikan
• nikka

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑkːi/, [ˈnɑkːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• Hyphenation: nak‧ki

Back-formation from nakkimakkara, from Swedish knackkorv.

nakki

1. wiener, frankfurter, hot dog (type of sausage)
2. (idiomatic, humorous) nakit silmillä (literally, wieners on the eyes) = pissed (heavily drunk)

• (wiener): nakkimakkara

• nakkikioski
• nakkisormi
• talousnakki

From nakata +‎ -i.

nakki

1. (obsolete, Eastern dialects) trap for small fur animals
2. (dialectal) mousetrap
3. (colloquial) job, task, usually an unwanted one

   Tämä on nyt sun nakki.

   This is your task now.

   Tämä on helppo nakki.

   This is a piece of cake.

• (trap): ansa
• (mousetrap): hiirenloukku
• (task): homma

• hiirennakki

• -kkain, kakin, kanki, kikan, nikka