nälkä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *nälkä, from Proto-Uralic *ńäle- + *-ka. Direct cognates include Estonian nälg and Northern Sami njálggis (“tasty”). Compare the bare root preserved in niellä (“to swallow”), Uralic cognate with nuolla (“to lick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnælkæ/, [ˈnælk̟æ] Rhymes: -ælkæ Syllabification(key): näl‧kä Hyphenation(key): näl‧kä === Noun === nälkä hunger ==== Declension ==== Archaic, poetic or dialectal: ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === ruokahalu === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “nälkä”, 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 3 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *nälkä. Cognates include Finnish nälkä and Estonian nälg. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnælkæ/, [ˈnælʲk] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnælkæ/, [ˈnælʲɡ̊æ] Rhymes: -ælk, -ælkæ Hyphenation: näl‧kä === Noun === nälkä hunger ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== jano (“thirst”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 355