haarukka

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Finnish

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Etymology

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haara (branch) +‎ -ukka, inspired by lusikka. Replaced now dialectal kahveli. According to Häkkinen (2004), first attested in 1670.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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haarukka

  1. fork (utensil)
  2. range, bracket (of values or numbers)
  3. (chess) fork
  4. Ellipsis of etuhaarukka ((front) fork).

Declension

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Inflection of haarukka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative haarukka haarukat
genitive haarukan haarukoiden
haarukoitten
haarukkojen
partitive haarukkaa haarukoita
haarukkoja
illative haarukkaan haarukoihin
haarukkoihin
singular plural
nominative haarukka haarukat
accusative nom. haarukka haarukat
gen. haarukan
genitive haarukan haarukoiden
haarukoitten
haarukkojen
haarukkain rare
partitive haarukkaa haarukoita
haarukkoja
inessive haarukassa haarukoissa
elative haarukasta haarukoista
illative haarukkaan haarukoihin
haarukkoihin
adessive haarukalla haarukoilla
ablative haarukalta haarukoilta
allative haarukalle haarukoille
essive haarukkana haarukkoina
translative haarukaksi haarukoiksi
abessive haarukatta haarukoitta
instructive haarukoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of haarukka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

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