purkka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
purkka
- (colloquial) chewing gum, bubble gum (type of candy)
- (music) bubblegum (pop music style)
- (slang) kludge, hack (temporary and/or unelegant solution)
Usage notes[edit]
- (kludge, hack): Most often used in partitive.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of purkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | purkka | purkat | ||
genitive | purkan | purkkien | ||
partitive | purkkaa | purkkia | ||
illative | purkkaan | purkkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | purkka | purkat | ||
accusative | nom. | purkka | purkat | |
gen. | purkan | |||
genitive | purkan | purkkien purkkain rare | ||
partitive | purkkaa | purkkia | ||
inessive | purkassa | purkissa | ||
elative | purkasta | purkista | ||
illative | purkkaan | purkkiin | ||
adessive | purkalla | purkilla | ||
ablative | purkalta | purkilta | ||
allative | purkalle | purkille | ||
essive | purkkana | purkkina | ||
translative | purkaksi | purkiksi | ||
abessive | purkatta | purkitta | ||
instructive | — | purkin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (chewing gum): purukumi
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “purkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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