tonkia

== Finnish == === Etymology === Sound-symbolic. Compare tönkiä, tunkea, sonkia; perhaps a blend of the last two. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoŋkiɑˣ/, [ˈt̪o̞ŋk̟iɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -oŋkiɑ Syllabification(key): ton‧ki‧a Hyphenation(key): ton‧kia === Verb === tonkia (ambitransitive) to grub (to dig in search of something, as e.g. a pig does to find food) to scavenge (to search through unwanted material for useful material) to dig (to research a particular subject, especially a suspicious case) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== === Further reading === “tonkia”, 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 === Anagrams === aktion, kantio, kantoi, koitan, kontia, kotina