silakka
Finnish
Etymology
Originally meant "salted herring". Possibly borrowed from Swedish sillake, from sill (“herring”) + lake (“brine”) (compare saltlake), referring to the brine herrings were salted with. The word may have influenced by salakka, another word for a fish, in both form and meaning.[1] Alternatively, according to Jakob (2023), the Finnic, Germanic and Baltic words may derive from a substrate.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈs̠ilɑ̝kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ilɑkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): si‧lak‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): si‧lak‧ka
Noun
silakka
- Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras
- (nautical, military slang) A drafted navy soldier.
Declension
| Inflection of silakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
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| nominative | silakka | silakat | |
| genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen | |
| partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
| illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | silakka | silakat | |
| accusative | nom. | silakka | silakat |
| gen. | silakan | ||
| genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen silakkain rare | |
| partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
| inessive | silakassa | silakoissa | |
| elative | silakasta | silakoista | |
| illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
| adessive | silakalla | silakoilla | |
| ablative | silakalta | silakoilta | |
| allative | silakalle | silakoille | |
| essive | silakkana | silakkoina | |
| translative | silakaksi | silakoiksi | |
| abessive | silakatta | silakoitta | |
| instructive | — | silakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “silakka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Jakob, A. (2023) “Baltic → Finnic borrowings”, in A history of East Baltic through language contact[2], pages 166–169
Further reading
- “silakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Related to Finnish silakka and Estonian silk.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈs̠iɫɑkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈʃiɫɑkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ilɑkː, -ilɑkːɑ
- Hyphenation: si‧lak‧ka
Noun
silakka
Declension
| Declension of silakka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | silakka | silakat |
| genitive | silakan | silakkoin |
| partitive | silakkaa | silakkoja |
| illative | silakkaa | silakkoihe |
| inessive | silakaas | silakois |
| elative | silakast | silakoist |
| allative | silakalle | silakoille |
| adessive | silakaal | silakoil |
| ablative | silakalt | silakoilt |
| translative | silakaks | silakoiks |
| essive | silakkanna, silakkaan | silakkoinna, silakkoin |
| exessive1) | silakkant | silakkoint |
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 381