ukko

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Probably a Finnic pet form of uros (“man, male”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞] Rhymes: -ukːo Syllabification(key): uk‧ko Hyphenation(key): uk‧ko === Noun === ukko old man, gaffer adult male wood grouse or black grouse Synonym: ukkometso (informal) token in a board game, meeple, game piece Synonyms: nappula, ukkeli (video games, informal) player character in video games Synonyms: hahmo, ukkeli ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== akka === Further reading === “ukko”, 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 *ukko (“old man”). Cognates include Finnish ukko and Veps uk. The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːŏ̞̥] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo̞] Rhymes: -ukːo Hyphenation: uk‧ko === Noun === ukko old man thunder short for lumiukko ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (old man): äijä, starikka (thunder): jyry, jyrinä, ukonjyry ==== Coordinate terms ==== (old man): akka, ämmä, ämmö, staruhha (“old woman”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 622 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognates include Finnish ukko and Ingrian ukko. The sense "thunder" was attained through the name of the god Ukko, the Finnic god of thunder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈukːo/ Hyphenation: uk‧ko === Noun === ukko (genitive ukon, partitive ukkuo) old man husband thunder ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “ukko”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “дед”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ukko. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈukːo/, [ˈukːo] Rhymes: -ukːo Hyphenation: uk‧ko === Noun === ukko old man thunder ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ukko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn