kulku
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kulku. Equivalent to kulkea (“to go, travel”) + -u.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkulku/, [ˈkulku]
Rhymes: -ulku
Syllabification(key): kul‧ku
Hyphenation(key): kul‧ku
=== Noun ===
kulku
journey, run, passage, motion, movement
course, path, trajectory, route
course, progress, conduct (e.g. of a procedure)
(geology) strike (compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth)
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=== Further reading ===
“kulku”, 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 2 July 2023
== Karelian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku. Cognates include Finnish kurkku and Veps kurk.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkulku/
Hyphenation: kul‧ku
=== Noun ===
kulku (genitive kulkun, partitive kulkuo)
(South Karelian) throat
(South Karelian) synonym of kulkulagi (“palate”)
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=== References ===
A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kulku”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kulkku”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN