ankkuri

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑ̝ŋkːuri] Rhymes: -ɑŋkːuri Syllabification(key): ank‧ku‧ri Hyphenation(key): ank‧ku‧ri === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Swedish [Term?] (whence Swedish ancker, a variant of ankare; compare Old Swedish ankæri, ankar; perhaps adapted with -uri), ultimately from Old Norse akkeri, from Proto-Germanic *ankurô, itself ultimately from Latin ancora. ==== Noun ==== ankkuri (nautical) anchor (tool to hook a vessel into the seabed) anchor (any of various instruments serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor) (figurative) anchor (something that serves to provide a fixing point) (radio, television) anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman (main host of a television or radio program relating to the broadcast of news) (sports) anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman (final runner in relay race) (architecture) anchor (metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together) (electronics) armature (rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo in an electromagnetic apparatus) (electronics) plunger (moving portion of a solenoid) (commerce) anchor (superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area) (chronometry) anchor (the main part of an anchor escapement) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Further reading ===== “ankkuri”, 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 10 August 2023 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Swedish ankare, ultimately from Medieval Latin ancria. ==== Noun ==== ankkuri (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for volume of liquid substances, equal to around 39 litres small barrel, keg ===== Declension ===== === Anagrams === kankuri, kirkuna, kurikan, kurkina, nurkkia == Ingrian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Swedish [Term?] (compare ankæri, ankar, Swedish ankare), possibly through Finnish ankkuri. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːŭrʲ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːuri] Rhymes: -ɑŋkːurʲ, -ɑŋkːuri Hyphenation: ank‧ku‧ri === Noun === ankkuri anchor ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16 == Votic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish ankkuri. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːurʲi] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkːuri/, [ˈɑŋkːurʲi] Rhymes: -ɑŋkːuri Hyphenation: ank‧ku‧ri === Noun === ankkuri (nautical) anchor ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ankkuri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn