tykky

Finnish

Spruces covered with tykky.

Etymology

Borrowed from a North Germanic language, compare Old Norse þykkr (thick, bulky), from Proto-Germanic *þekuz. Karelian tykky has the same origin. The noun sense was originally found only in the dialects of Kainuu and its surroundings, and has been adopted from there into the written standard language. Dialectal variant forms include tykkä, tyhkä, tyhkeä, tykevä.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtykːy/, [ˈt̪ykːy]
  • Rhymes: -ykːy
  • Syllabification(key): tyk‧ky

Noun

tykky

  1. snow and rime that accumulates on tree branches and any solid structures in certain climatic conditions.

Usage notes

  • In Finnish-origin texts this term is often translated as "crown snow-load" into English, but that term does not seem to be used by native English writers.

Declension

Inflection of tykky (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative tykky tykyt
genitive tykyn tykkyjen
partitive tykkyä tykkyjä
illative tykkyyn tykkyihin
singular plural
nominative tykky tykyt
accusative nom. tykky tykyt
gen. tykyn
genitive tykyn tykkyjen
partitive tykkyä tykkyjä
inessive tykyssä tykyissä
elative tykystä tykyistä
illative tykkyyn tykkyihin
adessive tykyllä tykyillä
ablative tykyltä tykyiltä
allative tykylle tykyille
essive tykkynä tykkyinä
translative tykyksi tykyiksi
instructive tykyin
abessive tykyttä tykyittä
comitative tykkyineen
Possessive forms of tykky (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tykkyni tykkymme
2nd person tykkysi tykkynne
3rd person tykkynsä

Synonyms

Adjective

tykky

  1. (dialectal, South Ostrobothnia) thick, sturdy

Declension

Inflection of tykky (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative tykky tykyt
genitive tykyn tykkyjen
partitive tykkyä tykkyjä
illative tykkyyn tykkyihin
singular plural
nominative tykky tykyt
accusative nom. tykky tykyt
gen. tykyn
genitive tykyn tykkyjen
partitive tykkyä tykkyjä
inessive tykyssä tykyissä
elative tykystä tykyistä
illative tykkyyn tykkyihin
adessive tykyllä tykyillä
ablative tykyltä tykyiltä
allative tykylle tykyille
essive tykkynä tykkyinä
translative tykyksi tykyiksi
instructive tykyin
abessive tykyttä tykyittä
comitative tykkyine
Possessive forms of tykky (type valo)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person tykkyni tykkymme
2nd person tykkysi tykkynne
3rd person tykkynsä

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

Anagrams


Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from a West Germanic language, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, either via or akin to Estonian tükk.

Pronunciation

Noun

tykky

  1. piece

Declension

Declension of tykky (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative tykky tykyt
genitive tykyn tykkyin, tykkylöin
partitive tykkyä tykkyjä, tykkylöjä
illative tykkyy tykkyi, tykkylöihe
inessive tykys tykkyis, tykkylöis
elative tykyst tykkyist, tykkylöist
allative tykylle tykkyille, tykkylöille
adessive tykyl tykkyil, tykkylöil
ablative tykylt tykkyilt, tykkylöilt
translative tykyks tykkyiks, tykkylöiks
essive tykkynnä, tykkyyn tykkyinnä, tykkylöinnä, tykkyin, tykkylöin
exessive1) tykkynt tykkyint, tykkylöint
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

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 614
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