ruoka

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *rooka (compare Estonian roog, Ludian ruog, Votic rookõ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōkā (“care, attention”) (compare Middle High German ruoche, Middle Low German rōke). Compare ruokkia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈruo̯kɑ/, [ˈruo̞̯kɑ̝] Rhymes: -uokɑ Syllabification(key): ruo‧ka Hyphenation(key): ruo‧ka The ruoa-, ruoi- in inflected forms is generally pronounced as if it were ruua-, ruui-. === Noun === ruoka food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life) Synonym: ravinto Near-synonym: elintarvike meal (food that is prepared and eaten) Synonyms: ateria, ruoka-ateria dish (specific type of prepared food) Synonym: ruokalaji (archaic, dialectal, Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Tavastia, Kymenlaakso) synonym of keitto (“soup”) ==== Usage notes ==== Both of the two ways of inflecting ruoka presented below are regarded as equally acceptable by Kotus, an authority in Finnish language. In practice, the former declension is more common in written language while the latter is more common in spoken language. The pronunciation almost always matches the latter one, however. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === ruokoton === References === === Further reading === “ruoka”, 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 3 July 2023 “ruoka”, in Nykysuomen sanakirja [The Dictionary of Modern Finnish]‎PDF (in Finnish), volume 4 (O–R), Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1951–1961, page 784 Länsimäki, Maija (1997), “Kansanomaiset puurot, vellit ja keitot”, in Kielikello‎[3] (in Finnish), volume 4/1997 === Anagrams === korua, koura, kuroa