silakka
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Swedish sillake, from sill (“herring”) + lake (“brine”) (compare saltlake), referring to the brine herrings were salted with, in which case the original meaning was “salted herring” (indeed found in some dialects). The word may have been 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
- ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, 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/, [ˈs̠iɫɑˑkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsilɑkːɑ/, [ˈʃiɫɑˑkːɑ]
- 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