pinkka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from dialectal Swedish binke (standard binge). Alternatively derived like pin- + -kka with an irregular loss of -o-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pinkka
- a pile or stack
- (military slang) a bedspread folded in a very particular way onto a square stool beside one's bunk bed before lights-out
Declension[edit]
Inflection of pinkka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pinkka | pinkat | ||
genitive | pinkan | pinkkojen | ||
partitive | pinkkaa | pinkkoja | ||
illative | pinkkaan | pinkkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pinkka | pinkat | ||
accusative | nom. | pinkka | pinkat | |
gen. | pinkan | |||
genitive | pinkan | pinkkojen pinkkainrare | ||
partitive | pinkkaa | pinkkoja | ||
inessive | pinkassa | pinkoissa | ||
elative | pinkasta | pinkoista | ||
illative | pinkkaan | pinkkoihin | ||
adessive | pinkalla | pinkoilla | ||
ablative | pinkalta | pinkoilta | ||
allative | pinkalle | pinkoille | ||
essive | pinkkana | pinkkoina | ||
translative | pinkaksi | pinkoiksi | ||
abessive | pinkatta | pinkoitta | ||
instructive | — | pinkoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “pinkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03