ukko

See also: Ukko

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Probably a Finnic pet form of uros (man, male).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ukːo
  • Syllabification(key): uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

  1. old man, gaffer
  2. adult male wood grouse or black grouse
  3. token in a board game, meeple, game piece
  4. (video games) player character in video games

Declension

Inflection of ukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkoa ukkoja
illative ukkoon ukkoihin
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
accusative nom. ukko ukot
gen. ukon
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkoa ukkoja
inessive ukossa ukoissa
elative ukosta ukoista
illative ukkoon ukkoihin
adessive ukolla ukoilla
ablative ukolta ukoilta
allative ukolle ukoille
essive ukkona ukkoina
translative ukoksi ukoiksi
instructive ukoin
abessive ukotta ukoitta
comitative ukkoineen
Possessive forms of ukko (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person ukkoni ukkomme
2nd person ukkosi ukkonne
3rd person ukkonsa

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See also


Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko (old man). Cognates include Finnish ukko and Veps uk.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːŏ̞̥]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ukːo
  • Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

  1. old man
  2. thunder
  3. Short for lumiukko.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Käsijä palensi, mut ukko tuli hyvä.
      [Their] hands feel cold, but the [snow]man turned out good.

Declension

Declension of ukko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkoin, ukkoloin
partitive ukkoa ukkoja, ukkoloja
illative ukkoo ukkoi, ukkoloihe
inessive ukos ukkois, ukkolois
elative ukost ukkoist, ukkoloist
allative ukolle ukkoille, ukkoloille
adessive ukol ukkoil, ukkoloil
ablative ukolt ukkoilt, ukkoloilt
translative ukoks ukkoiks, ukkoloiks
essive ukkonna, ukkoon ukkoinna, ukkoloinna, ukkoin, ukkoloin
exessive1) ukkont ukkoint, ukkoloint
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.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 622

Karelian

Regional variants of ukko
North Karelian
(Viena)
ukko
South Karelian
(Tver)
ukko

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognates include Finnish ukko and Ingrian ukko.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈukːo/
  • Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko (genitive ukon, partitive ukkuo)

  1. old man
  2. husband
  3. thunder

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkuo ukkoja
illative ukkoh ukkoloih
inessive ukošša ukkoloissa
elative ukošta ukkoloista
adessive ukolla ukkoloilla
ablative ukolta ukkoloilta
translative ukokši ukkoloiksi
essive ukkona ukkoloina
comitative ukkoloineh
comitative ukotta ukkoloitta
Tver Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkoloin
partitive ukkuo ukkoloida
illative ukkoh ukkoloih
inessive ukošša ukkoloissa
elative ukošta ukkoloista
adessive ukolla ukkoloilla
ablative ukolda ukkoloilda
translative ukokši ukkoloiksi
essive ukkona ukkoloina
comitative ukonke ukkoloinke
comitative ukotta ukkoloitta
Possessive forms of ukko
1st person ukkoni
2nd person ukkoš
3rd person ukkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “ukko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “дед”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ukko.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo]
  • Rhymes: -ukːo
  • Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

ukko

  1. old man
  2. thunder

Inflection

Declension of ukko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukod
genitive uko ukkoje, ukkojõ, ukkoi
partitive ukkoa ukkoitõ, ukkoi
illative ukko, ukkosõ ukkoje, ukkojõ, ukkoisõ
inessive ukoz ukkoiz
elative ukossõ ukkoissõ
allative ukolõ ukkoilõ
adessive ukollõ ukkoillõ
ablative ukoltõ ukkoiltõ
translative ukossi ukkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), ukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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