kurki

See also: Kurki

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurki, from Proto-Uralic *kurke, itself an onomatopoeic word. Cognates include Estonian kurg and Northern Sami guorga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurki]
  • Rhymes: -urki
  • Hyphenation: kur‧ki

Noun

kurki

  1. crane, Grus grus (large wading bird)
  2. Any bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
Declension
Inflection of kurki (Kotus type 7/ovi, k-j gradation)
nominative kurki kurjet
genitive kurjen kurkien
partitive kurkea kurkia
illative kurkeen kurkiin
singular plural
nominative kurki kurjet
accusative nom. kurki kurjet
gen. kurjen
genitive kurjen kurkien
partitive kurkea kurkia
inessive kurjessa kurjissa
elative kurjesta kurjista
illative kurkeen kurkiin
adessive kurjella kurjilla
ablative kurjelta kurjilta
allative kurjelle kurjille
essive kurkena kurkina
translative kurjeksi kurjiksi
instructive — kurjin
abessive kurjetta kurjitta
comitative — kurkineen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurkiˣ]
  • Rhymes: -urki
  • Hyphenation: kur‧ki

Verb

kurki

  1. Indicative present connegative form of kurkkia.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kurkkia.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kurkkia.

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurki

  1. crane

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurki (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. (Northern) crane

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurkʲi/

Noun

kurki

  1. inflection of kurka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative and accusative plural

Polish

Noun

kurki

  1. inflection of kurka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative and accusative and vocative plural
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