See also: Ukko

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Probably a Finnic pet form of uros (man, male).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ukːo
  • Syllabification(key): uk‧ko

Noun

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ukko

  1. old man, gaffer
  2. adult male wood grouse or black grouse
    Synonym: ukkometso
  3. (informal) token in a board game, meeple, game piece
    Synonyms: nappula, ukkeli
  4. (video games, informal) player character in video games
    Synonyms: hahmo, ukkeli

Declension

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Inflection of ukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkoa ukkoja
illative ukkoon ukkoihin
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
accusative nom. ukko ukot
gen. ukon
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkoa ukkoja
inessive ukossa ukoissa
elative ukosta ukoista
illative ukkoon ukkoihin
adessive ukolla ukoilla
ablative ukolta ukoilta
allative ukolle ukoille
essive ukkona ukkoina
translative ukoksi ukoiksi
abessive ukotta ukoitta
instructive ukoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ukkoni ukkoni
accusative nom. ukkoni ukkoni
gen. ukkoni
genitive ukkoni ukkojeni
partitive ukkoani ukkojani
inessive ukossani ukoissani
elative ukostani ukoistani
illative ukkooni ukkoihini
adessive ukollani ukoillani
ablative ukoltani ukoiltani
allative ukolleni ukoilleni
essive ukkonani ukkoinani
translative ukokseni ukoikseni
abessive ukottani ukoittani
instructive
comitative ukkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ukkosi ukkosi
accusative nom. ukkosi ukkosi
gen. ukkosi
genitive ukkosi ukkojesi
partitive ukkoasi ukkojasi
inessive ukossasi ukoissasi
elative ukostasi ukoistasi
illative ukkoosi ukkoihisi
adessive ukollasi ukoillasi
ablative ukoltasi ukoiltasi
allative ukollesi ukoillesi
essive ukkonasi ukkoinasi
translative ukoksesi ukoiksesi
abessive ukottasi ukoittasi
instructive
comitative ukkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ukkomme ukkomme
accusative nom. ukkomme ukkomme
gen. ukkomme
genitive ukkomme ukkojemme
partitive ukkoamme ukkojamme
inessive ukossamme ukoissamme
elative ukostamme ukoistamme
illative ukkoomme ukkoihimme
adessive ukollamme ukoillamme
ablative ukoltamme ukoiltamme
allative ukollemme ukoillemme
essive ukkonamme ukkoinamme
translative ukoksemme ukoiksemme
abessive ukottamme ukoittamme
instructive
comitative ukkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ukkonne ukkonne
accusative nom. ukkonne ukkonne
gen. ukkonne
genitive ukkonne ukkojenne
partitive ukkoanne ukkojanne
inessive ukossanne ukoissanne
elative ukostanne ukoistanne
illative ukkoonne ukkoihinne
adessive ukollanne ukoillanne
ablative ukoltanne ukoiltanne
allative ukollenne ukoillenne
essive ukkonanne ukkoinanne
translative ukoksenne ukoiksenne
abessive ukottanne ukoittanne
instructive
comitative ukkoinenne

Derived terms

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ukko (old man). Cognates include Finnish ukko and Veps uk.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

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ukko

  1. old man
  2. thunder
  3. Short for lumiukko.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Käsijä palensi, mut ukko tuli hyvä.
      [Their] hands feel cold, but the [snow]man turned out good.

Declension

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Declension of ukko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkoin, ukkoloin
partitive ukkoa ukkoja, ukkoloja
illative ukkoo ukkoi, ukkoloihe
inessive ukos ukois, ukkolois
elative ukost ukoist, ukkoloist
allative ukolle ukoille, ukkoloille
adessive ukol ukoil, ukkoloil
ablative ukolt ukoilt, ukkoloilt
translative ukoks ukoiks, ukkoloiks
essive ukkonna, ukkoon ukkoinna, ukkoloinna, ukkoin, ukkoloin
exessive1) ukkont ukkoint, ukkoloint
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.

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 622

Karelian

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Regional variants of ukko
North Karelian
(Viena)
ukko
South Karelian
(Tver)
ukko

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognates include Finnish ukko and Ingrian ukko.

The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈukːo/
  • Hyphenation: uk‧ko

Noun

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ukko (genitive ukon, partitive ukkuo)

  1. old man
    • 1963, “1. Repo ta ukko kalalla”, in U. S. Konkka et al., editors, Карельские народные сказки[2], page 52:
      Panou ukko kokkua järveh ta ryšyä niihi kokkih.
      An old man was putting hooks into the lake and nets on these hooks.
  2. husband
  3. thunder

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkojen
partitive ukkuo ukkoja
illative ukkoh ukkoloih
inessive ukošša ukkoloissa
elative ukošta ukkoloista
adessive ukolla ukkoloilla
ablative ukolta ukkoloilta
translative ukokši ukkoloiksi
essive ukkona ukkoloina
comitative ukkoloineh
abessive ukotta ukkoloitta
Tver Karelian declension of ukko (type 1/tyttö kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukot
genitive ukon ukkoloin
partitive ukkuo ukkoloida
illative ukkoh ukkoloih
inessive ukošša ukkoloissa
elative ukošta ukkoloista
adessive ukolla ukkoloilla
ablative ukolda ukkoloilda
translative ukokši ukkoloiksi
essive ukkona ukkoloina
comitative ukonke ukkoloinke
abessive ukotta ukkoloitta
Possessive forms of ukko
1st person ukkoni
2nd person ukkoš
3rd person ukkoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

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References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ukko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры), →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “дед”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja, →ISBN

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ukko.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ukko

  1. old man
  2. thunder

Inflection

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Declension of ukko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative ukko ukod
genitive uko ukkojõ, ukkoi
partitive ukkoa ukkoitõ, ukkoi
illative ukkosõ, ukko ukkoisõ
inessive ukoz ukkoiz
elative ukossõ ukkoissõ
allative ukolõ ukkoilõ
adessive ukollõ ukkoillõ
ablative ukoltõ ukkoiltõ
translative ukossi ukkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn