torakka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian тарака́н (tarakán) (dialectal Russian торока́н (torokán)),[1][2] possibly from Turkic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]torakka
- cockroach (black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of torakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | torakka | torakat | |
genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen | |
partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | |
illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | torakka | torakat | |
accusative | nom. | torakka | torakat |
gen. | torakan | ||
genitive | torakan | torakoiden torakoitten torakkojen torakkain rare | |
partitive | torakkaa | torakoita torakkoja | |
inessive | torakassa | torakoissa | |
elative | torakasta | torakoista | |
illative | torakkaan | torakoihin torakkoihin | |
adessive | torakalla | torakoilla | |
ablative | torakalta | torakoilta | |
allative | torakalle | torakoille | |
essive | torakkana | torakkoina | |
translative | torakaksi | torakoiksi | |
abessive | torakatta | torakoitta | |
instructive | — | torakoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms
[edit]- russakka (“German cockroach”)
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “torakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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