cirkka

Ingrian

Etymology 1
Cirkka.

Uncertain:

  • Possibly borrowed from Russian чирок (čirok, “billet”), itself probably related to чурка (čurka).
  • Alternatively, from Etymology 2, possibly due to the piece's motion resembling that of a cricket.

Related to dialectal Finnish sirkka and Veps tširk.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: cirk‧ka

Noun

cirkka

  1. tipcat (game)
  2. billet, cat (piece of wood struck in a game of tipcat)
Declension
Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative cirkka cirkat
genitive cirkan cirkkoin
partitive cirkkaa cirkkoja
illative cirkkaa cirkkoi
inessive cirkaas cirkois
elative cirkast cirkoist
allative cirkalle cirkoille
adessive cirkaal cirkoil
ablative cirkalt cirkoilt
translative cirkaks cirkoiks
essive cirkkanna, cirkkaan cirkkoinna, cirkkoin
exessive1) cirkkant cirkkoint
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.

Etymology 2

Some way derived from Proto-Finnic *cirkka, possibly an old borrowing from a Karelian dialect.

The regular development from Proto-Finnic *c- is s- in Ingrian, and can be seen in serkka.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: cirk‧ka

Noun

cirkka

  1. Synonym of serkka
Declension
Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative cirkka cirkat
genitive cirkan cirkkoin
partitive cirkkaa cirkkoja
illative cirkkaa cirkkoi
inessive cirkaas cirkois
elative cirkast cirkoist
allative cirkalle cirkoille
adessive cirkaal cirkoil
ablative cirkalt cirkoilt
translative cirkaks cirkoiks
essive cirkkanna, cirkkaan cirkkoinna, cirkkoin
exessive1) cirkkant cirkkoint
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
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 601
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