talka

See also: Talka and tálka

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talka/ [t̪al.ka]
  • Rhymes: -alka, -a
  • Hyphenation: tal‧ka

Noun

talka inan

  1. collision, clash

Declension

Declension of talka (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive talka talka talkak talkok
ergative talkak talkak talkek talkok
dative talkari talkari talkei talkoi
genitive talkaren talkaren talken talkon
comitative talkarekin talkarekin talkekin talkokin
causative talkarengatik talkarengatik talkengatik talkongatik
benefactive talkarentzat talkarentzat talkentzat talkontzat
instrumental talkaz talkaz talkez talkotaz
innesive talkatan talkan talketan talkotan
locative talkatako talkako talketako talkotako
allative talkatara talkara talketara talkotara
terminative talkataraino talkaraino talketaraino talkotaraino
directive talkatarantz talkarantz talketarantz talkotarantz
destinative talkatarako talkarako talketarako talkotarako
ablative talkatatik talkatik talketatik talkotatik
partitive talkarik
prolative talkatzat

Derived terms

  • talka egin (to collide)
  • talka elastiko (elastic collision)
  • talka inelastiko (inelastic collision)
  • talka jo (to collide)
  • talka-uhin (shockwave)
  • talkaka (clashing)
  • talkari

Further reading

  • talka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • talka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tolkaʔ.[1] Cognate with Lithuanian talkà[1] and Polish tłoka.[1][2]

Noun

talka f (4th declension)

  1. joint work
  2. help
  3. assistance

Declension

Declension of talka (4th)
singular
(vienskaitlis)
plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative talka talkas
genitive talkas talku
dative talkai talkām
accusative talku talkas
instrumental talku talkām
locative talkā talkās
vocative talka talkas
  • talkot

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 495-496. →ISBN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “tłok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 571-572

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tolkaʔ.[1] Cognate with Latvian talka[1] and Polish tłoka.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (tal) IPA(key): [tɐlˈkɐ]
  • (tal̃ka) IPA(key): [ˈtɐlkɐ]

Noun

talkà f stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. cooperated voluntary work (chiefly communal and agricultural)
    rugiapjūtės talka[3] - cooperated harvest
  2. assistance
    ateiti į talką[3] - to come to help
  3. gathered crowd

Declension

Declension of talkà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) talkà tal̃kos
genitive (kilmininkas) talkõs talkų̃
dative (naudininkas) tal̃kai talkóms
accusative (galininkas) tal̃ką talkàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) talkà talkomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) talkojè talkosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) tal̃ka tal̃kos

Note: Besides this table, there is an illative singular form talkõn.

Synonyms

  • (assistance): pagelbėjimas, pagalba

Derived terms

  • (noun) talkininkas m
  • (verb) telkti

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 495-496. →ISBN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “tłok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 571-572
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 “talka” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “talka” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

talka f

  1. (Podlachia, Near Masovian, Łuków County) synonym of motowidło
  2. (Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship) synonym of motek (spool of thread)

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “talka”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 257