hukka
Estonian
Adverb
hukka
- into ruin, into destruction, into death
- Mitu inimest said õnnetuses hukka.
- Many people died in the accident. (lit. "got into ruin")
- into a degenerated state, into a disorderly state
- Viinapudel tema hukka viiski.
- It was the vodka bottle that brought him down.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hukka (“loss, ruin”), with uncertain links to Permic and Germanic languages.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: huk‧ka
- Rhymes: -ukːɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈhukːɑ]
Noun
hukka
- waste, loss; often used as head of compound terms, in which the modifier reveals what is lost, e.g. rahanhukka (“waste of money”), verenhukka (“blood loss”); see also hukassa, hukkaan.
- (idiomatic, with the verb periä) doom, peril (adverse or terrible fate)
- Nyt meidät hukka perii!
- We are doomed!
- Nyt meidät hukka perii!
- (familiar, informal) wolf
- (hunting) A situation in which a hound loses the scent and is not able to find it again.
Declension
Inflection of hukka (Kotus type 10/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | hukka | hukat | |
genitive | hukan | hukkien | |
partitive | hukkaa | hukkia | |
illative | hukkaan | hukkiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hukka | hukat | |
accusative | nom. | hukka | hukat |
gen. | hukan | ||
genitive | hukan | hukkien hukkainrare | |
partitive | hukkaa | hukkia | |
inessive | hukassa | hukissa | |
elative | hukasta | hukista | |
illative | hukkaan | hukkiin | |
adessive | hukalla | hukilla | |
ablative | hukalta | hukilta | |
allative | hukalle | hukille | |
essive | hukkana | hukkina | |
translative | hukaksi | hukiksi | |
instructive | — | hukin | |
abessive | hukatta | hukitta | |
comitative | — | hukkineen |
Synonyms
- (wolf): susi
Derived terms
Compounds
Related terms
Karelian
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