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

old man, gaffer
adult male wood grouse or black grouse
Synonym: ukkometso
(informal) token in a board game, meeple, game piece
Synonyms: nappula, ukkeli
(video games, informal) player character in video games
Synonyms: hahmo, ukkeli

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
accusative	gen.	ukon	ukot
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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ukko (type valo)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ukkoni	ukkoni
accusative	nom.	ukkoni	ukkoni
accusative	gen.	ukkoni	ukkoni
genitive		ukkoni	ukkojeni
partitive		ukkoani	ukkojani
inessive		ukossani	ukoissani
elative		ukostani	ukoistani
illative		ukkooni	ukkoihini
adessive		ukollani	ukoillani
ablative		ukoltani	ukoiltani
allative		ukolleni	ukoilleni
essive		ukkonani	ukkoinani
translative		ukokseni	ukoikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		ukottani	ukoittani
comitative		—	ukkoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ukkosi	ukkosi
accusative	nom.	ukkosi	ukkosi
accusative	gen.	ukkosi	ukkosi
genitive		ukkosi	ukkojesi
partitive		ukkoasi	ukkojasi
inessive		ukossasi	ukoissasi
elative		ukostasi	ukoistasi
illative		ukkoosi	ukkoihisi
adessive		ukollasi	ukoillasi
ablative		ukoltasi	ukoiltasi
allative		ukollesi	ukoillesi
essive		ukkonasi	ukkoinasi
translative		ukoksesi	ukoiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		ukottasi	ukoittasi
comitative		—	ukkoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ukkomme	ukkomme
accusative	nom.	ukkomme	ukkomme
accusative	gen.	ukkomme	ukkomme
genitive		ukkomme	ukkojemme
partitive		ukkoamme	ukkojamme
inessive		ukossamme	ukoissamme
elative		ukostamme	ukoistamme
illative		ukkoomme	ukkoihimme
adessive		ukollamme	ukoillamme
ablative		ukoltamme	ukoiltamme
allative		ukollemme	ukoillemme
essive		ukkonamme	ukkoinamme
translative		ukoksemme	ukoiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		ukottamme	ukoittamme
comitative		—	ukkoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ukkonne	ukkonne
accusative	nom.	ukkonne	ukkonne
accusative	gen.	ukkonne	ukkonne
genitive		ukkonne	ukkojenne
partitive		ukkoanne	ukkojanne
inessive		ukossanne	ukoissanne
elative		ukostanne	ukoistanne
illative		ukkoonne	ukkoihinne
adessive		ukollanne	ukoillanne
ablative		ukoltanne	ukoiltanne
allative		ukollenne	ukoillenne
essive		ukkonanne	ukkoinanne
translative		ukoksenne	ukoiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		ukottanne	ukoittanne
comitative		—	ukkoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ukkonsa	ukkonsa
accusative	nom.	ukkonsa	ukkonsa
accusative	gen.	ukkonsa	ukkonsa
genitive		ukkonsa	ukkojensa
partitive		ukkoaan ukkoansa	ukkojaan ukkojansa
inessive		ukossaan ukossansa	ukoissaan ukoissansa
elative		ukostaan ukostansa	ukoistaan ukoistansa
illative		ukkoonsa	ukkoihinsa
adessive		ukollaan ukollansa	ukoillaan ukoillansa
ablative		ukoltaan ukoltansa	ukoiltaan ukoiltansa
allative		ukolleen ukollensa	ukoilleen ukoillensa
essive		ukkonaan ukkonansa	ukkoinaan ukkoinansa
translative		ukokseen ukoksensa	ukoikseen ukoiksensa
instructive		—	—
abessive		ukottaan ukottansa	ukoittaan ukoittansa
comitative		—	ukkoineen ukkoinensa

Derived terms

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

old man
thunder
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.

Synonyms

(old man): äijä
(thunder): jyry, jyrinä

Coordinate terms

(old man): akka, ämmä, ämmö (“old woman”)

Derived terms

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)

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

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

Noun

ukko

old man
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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