sukka

sukka

1. partitive singular of sukk
2. illative singular of sukk

From Proto-Finnic *sukka, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sukkaz (“sock”) (compare English sock, Swedish socka), from Latin soccus.[1] Finnic cognates include Ingrian sukka, Karelian sukka, Karelian šukka, Livvi sukku, Ludian suk, Estonian sukk, Livonian sukā and Votic sukkõ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsukːɑ/, [ˈs̠ukːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ukːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): suk‧ka

sukka

1. sock (garment covering foot)
2. stocking (garment covering foot and part of leg)
3. stocking (knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting)

If a distinction between socks and stockings needs to be made in Finnish, one may use lyhyt sukka (literally “short sukka”) for socks, and pitkä sukka (literally “long sukka”) for stockings.

• polvisukka
• sukkahousut
• sukkanauha
• sukkanukke

• sukkasillaan

• kasku, kukas, kuksa

From Proto-Finnic *sukka. Cognates include Finnish sukka and Estonian sukk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsukːɑ/, [ˈs̠ukː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsukːɑ/, [ˈʃukːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ukːɑ
• Hyphenation: suk‧ka

sukka

1. stocking

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 548

• sukke

• IPA^(key): /²sʊkːɑ/, /²sʉkːɑ/

sukka (present tense sukkar, past tense sukka, past participle sukka, passive infinitive sukkast, present participle sukkande, imperative sukka/sukk)

1. to sigh

• “sukka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, “white, bright”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćukrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk-.

sukka

1. white
2. bright
3. pure

• sukkapakkha (“waxing fortnight”)

sukka m

1. the planet Venus

sukka n

1. semen

• → Burmese: သုက် (suk)

• Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “sukka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead