nakki

See also: näkki

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaʰt͡ʃːɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aʰt͡ʃːɪ

Noun

nakki m (genitive singular nakka, plural nakkar)

  1. (anatomy) neck

Declension

m1 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nakki nakkin nakkar nakkarnir
Accusative nakka nakkan nakkar nakkarnar
Dative nakka nakkanum nakkum nakkunum
Genitive nakka nakkans nakka nakkanna
m3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nakki nakkin nakkar nakkarnir
Accusative nakka nakkan nakkar nakkarnar
Dative nakka nakkanum nøkkum nøkkunum
Genitive nakka nakkans nakka nakkanna

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑkːi/
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːi
  • Hyphenation: nak‧ki

Etymology 1

Back-formation from nakkimakkara, from Swedish knackkorv.

Noun

nakki

  1. wiener, frankfurter, hot dog (type of sausage)
  2. (idiomatic, humorous) nakit silmillä (literally, wieners on the eyes) = pissed (heavily drunk)
Declension
Inflection of nakki (Kotus type 5/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative nakki nakit
genitive nakin nakkien
partitive nakkia nakkeja
illative nakkiin nakkeihin
singular plural
nominative nakki nakit
accusative nom. nakki nakit
gen. nakin
genitive nakin nakkien
partitive nakkia nakkeja
inessive nakissa nakeissa
elative nakista nakeista
illative nakkiin nakkeihin
adessive nakilla nakeilla
ablative nakilta nakeilta
allative nakille nakeille
essive nakkina nakkeina
translative nakiksi nakeiksi
instructive — nakein
abessive nakitta nakeitta
comitative — nakkeineen
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From nakata +‎ -i.

Noun

nakki

  1. (obsolete, Eastern dialects) trap for small fur animals
  2. (dialectal) mousetrap
  3. (colloquial) job, task, usually an unwanted one
    Tämä on nyt sun nakki.
    This is your task now.
    Tämä on helppo nakki.
    This is a piece of cake.
Declension
Inflection of nakki (Kotus type 5/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative nakki nakit
genitive nakin nakkien
partitive nakkia nakkeja
illative nakkiin nakkeihin
singular plural
nominative nakki nakit
accusative nom. nakki nakit
gen. nakin
genitive nakin nakkien
partitive nakkia nakkeja
inessive nakissa nakeissa
elative nakista nakeista
illative nakkiin nakkeihin
adessive nakilla nakeilla
ablative nakilta nakeilta
allative nakille nakeille
essive nakkina nakkeina
translative nakiksi nakeiksi
instructive — nakein
abessive nakitta nakeitta
comitative — nakkeineen
Synonyms
Derived terms

Anagrams

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