ahkera

== Finnish == === Etymology === Uncertain. Traditionally connected with dialectal ahku (“eagerness, zeal”), but this word is likewise of unknown origin. According to Häkkinen (2004), which follows Nikkilä (1998), perhaps a borrowing from dialectal Swedish ager (“hard-working”), but this sense for the word, supposedly found only in dialects within Finland, does not seem to have a particularly wide distribution nor even be the primary meaning in the regions where it is found. Cognate with Ingrian ahkera and Karelian ahkera (both possibly from Finnish). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/, [ˈɑ̝xk̟e̞rɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑhkerɑ Syllabification(key): ah‧ke‧ra Hyphenation(key): ah‧ke‧ra === Adjective === ahkera (comparative ahkerampi, superlative ahkerin) industrious, hardworking, diligent [with illative of third infinitive (with verbs)] Synonyms: työteliäs, uuras, uuttera ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ahertaa === References === === Further reading === “ahkera”, 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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === karhea, rahake == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish ahkera. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/, [ˈɑxke̞r] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/, [ˈɑxke̞rɑ] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/, [ˈɑxke̞rɑ] Rhymes: -ɑhker, -ɑhkerɑ Hyphenation: ah‧ke‧ra === Adjective === ahkera (comparative ahkeramp) hardworking ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ahnas ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 3 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16 Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3], →ISBN, page 70 == Karelian == === Etymology === Cognates include Finnish ahkera and Ingrian ahkera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑhkerɑ/ Hyphenation: ah‧ke‧ra === Adjective === ahkera (genitive ahkeran, partitive ahkerua, comparative ahkerampi / ahkerambi, superlative ahkerin) industrious, hardworking ==== Declension ==== === References === P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “ahkera”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “ahkera”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN