-вка

• -івка (-ivka), -ївка (-jivka)

• IPA^(key): [ ʍka]

From Proto-Slavic *-vъ + Ukrainian -ка (-ka). Later extracted out as its own suffix. Compare Bulgarian -вка (-vka), Czech -vka. In the meaning of a tool, may originate from Proto-Slavic *-tva.

-вка • (-vka) f inan or f anim (unproductive)

1. alternative form of -івка (-ivka, Pronunciation 2, after o-stem roots)

   ‎сідло (sidlo, “saddle”) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎сідловка (sidlovka, “saddling”)

2. forms feminine nouns from verbs

   ‎сми́кати impf (smýkaty) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎сми́кавка (smýkavka, “plant of Scirpus paluster L., Carex acuta L., Cynosurus cristatus L.”)

   ‎щипа́ти impf (ščypáty) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎щи́павка animal or inan (ščýpavka, “earwig or pincher”)

   ‎рахати impf (raxaty, onomatopoeic) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎ра́хавка animal (ráxavka, “frog”)

   ‎обши́ти pf (obšýty) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎обшивка (obšyvka, “panelling cover”)

   ‎ви́шити pf (výšyty) + ‎-вка (-vka) → ‎ви́шивка (výšyvka, “embroidery, broidery”)

• “вк”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]