vakka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vāks (“lid, cover”), Lithuanian vókas (“cover, eyelid”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkːɑ/, [ˈʋɑkːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vak‧ka

Noun
A man sowing seed from his vakka (coat-of-arms of the municipality of Toivakka).

vakka

  1. A roundish, voluminous container equipped with a cap.
  2. (in particular) A type of wooden container of varying size, made of bent thin board to make it strong and light, usually equipped with a close fitting cap.
    vakka kantensa valitsee ― a man is known by the company he keeps (literally, “a vakka chooses its cap”)
  3. bushel
    pitää kynttiläänsä vakan alla ― to hide one's light under a bushel
  4. (historical) A premetric unit of dry volume used in Sweden (halvspann in Swedish) and Finland. According to a 1665 regulation, equal to 36.64 liters, quite close to an imperial bushel.
    Coordinate terms: kappa (1/8 of "vakka"), tynnyri (4 times "vakka")

Declension
Inflection of vakka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative vakka vakat
genitive vakan vakkojen
partitive vakkaa vakkoja
illative vakkaan vakkoihin
singular plural
nominative vakka vakat
accusative nom. vakka vakat
gen. vakan
genitive vakan vakkojen
vakkainrare
partitive vakkaa vakkoja
inessive vakassa vakoissa
elative vakasta vakoista
illative vakkaan vakkoihin
adessive vakalla vakoilla
ablative vakalta vakoilta
allative vakalle vakoille
essive vakkana vakkoina
translative vakaksi vakoiksi
instructive — vakoin
abessive vakatta vakoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vakka (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vakkani vakkani
accusative nom. vakkani vakkani
gen. vakkani
genitive vakkani vakkojeni
vakkainirare
partitive vakkaani vakkojani
inessive vakassani vakoissani
elative vakastani vakoistani
illative vakkaani vakkoihini
adessive vakallani vakoillani
ablative vakaltani vakoiltani
allative vakalleni vakoilleni
essive vakkanani vakkoinani
translative vakakseni vakoikseni
instructive — —
abessive vakattani vakoittani
comitative — vakkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vakkasi vakkasi
accusative nom. vakkasi vakkasi
gen. vakkasi
genitive vakkasi vakkojesi
vakkaisirare
partitive vakkaasi vakkojasi
inessive vakassasi vakoissasi
elative vakastasi vakoistasi
illative vakkaasi vakkoihisi
adessive vakallasi vakoillasi
ablative vakaltasi vakoiltasi
allative vakallesi vakoillesi
essive vakkanasi vakkoinasi
translative vakaksesi vakoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive vakattasi vakoittasi
comitative — vakkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vakkamme vakkamme
accusative nom. vakkamme vakkamme
gen. vakkamme
genitive vakkamme vakkojemme
vakkaimmerare
partitive vakkaamme vakkojamme
inessive vakassamme vakoissamme
elative vakastamme vakoistamme
illative vakkaamme vakkoihimme
adessive vakallamme vakoillamme
ablative vakaltamme vakoiltamme
allative vakallemme vakoillemme
essive vakkanamme vakkoinamme
translative vakaksemme vakoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive vakattamme vakoittamme
comitative — vakkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vakkanne vakkanne
accusative nom. vakkanne vakkanne
gen. vakkanne
genitive vakkanne vakkojenne
vakkainnerare
partitive vakkaanne vakkojanne
inessive vakassanne vakoissanne
elative vakastanne vakoistanne
illative vakkaanne vakkoihinne
adessive vakallanne vakoillanne
ablative vakaltanne vakoiltanne
allative vakallenne vakoillenne
essive vakkananne vakkoinanne
translative vakaksenne vakoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive vakattanne vakoittanne
comitative — vakkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative vakkansa vakkansa
accusative nom. vakkansa vakkansa
gen. vakkansa
genitive vakkansa vakkojensa
vakkainsarare
partitive vakkaansa vakkojaan
vakkojansa
inessive vakassaan
vakassansa		 vakoissaan
vakoissansa
elative vakastaan
vakastansa		 vakoistaan
vakoistansa
illative vakkaansa vakkoihinsa
adessive vakallaan
vakallansa		 vakoillaan
vakoillansa
ablative vakaltaan
vakaltansa		 vakoiltaan
vakoiltansa
allative vakalleen
vakallensa		 vakoilleen
vakoillensa
essive vakkanaan
vakkanansa		 vakkoinaan
vakkoinansa
translative vakakseen
vakaksensa		 vakoikseen
vakoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive vakattaan
vakattansa		 vakoittaan
vakoittansa
comitative — vakkoineen
vakkoinensa

Derived terms
  • Vakka-Suomi

Anagrams

Ingrian

Noun

vakka

  1. basket

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • वक्क (Devanagari script)
  • ৰক্ক (Bengali script)
  • වක‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝက္က or ဝၵ္ၵ or ဝၵ်ၵ (Burmese script)
  • วกฺก or วักกะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᨠ᩠ᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວກ຺ກ or ວັກກະ (Lao script)
  • វក្ក (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄇𑄴𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka, “kidney”).

Noun

vakka n

  1. kidney
Declension
Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vakkaṃvakkāni
Accusative (second)vakkaṃvakkāni
Instrumental (third)vakkenavakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃvakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkāvakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)vakkassavakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakkevakkesu
Vocative (calling)vakkavakkāni

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit वक्र (vakra, “crooked”).

Adjective

vakka

  1. crooked
Declension
Declension table of "vakka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vakkovakkā
Accusative (second)vakkaṃvakke
Instrumental (third)vakkenavakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃvakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkāvakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)vakkassavakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakkevakkesu
Vocative (calling)vakkavakkā
Declension table of "vakka" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vakkaṃvakkāni
Accusative (second)vakkaṃvakkāni
Instrumental (third)vakkenavakkehi or vakkebhi
Dative (fourth)vakkassa or vakkāya or vakkatthaṃvakkānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vakkasmā or vakkamhā or vakkāvakkehi or vakkebhi
Genitive (sixth)vakkassavakkānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vakkasmiṃ or vakkamhi or vakkevakkesu
Vocative (calling)vakkavakkāni
Synonyms
  • vaṅka

References

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

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