orko

Esperanto

Etymology

From English orc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈorko/
  • Hyphenation: or‧ko
  • Rhymes: -orko

Noun

orko (accusative singular orkon, plural orkoj, accusative plural orkojn)

  1. orc
    • 2007, William Auld (translator), La du turegoj, 2nd edition, translation of The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien:
      Sendube la orkoj prirabis ilin, sed timis reteni la tranĉilojn, ĉar ili sciis, kio ili estas: laboraĵoj de Okcidentio, envolvitaj per sorĉaĵoj por misfartigi Mordoron.
      The orcs must have robbed them but been afraid to keep the knives, for they knew what they were: works of the Westlands, magically put together in order to cause Mordor ill.

Finnish

Etymology

Compare Estonian org, Ingrian orko, Livonian urg.

Noun

orko

  1. (dialectal, archaic) dell (valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep)

Declension

Inflection of orko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative orko orkot
genitive orkon orkojen
partitive orkoa orkoja
illative orkoon orkoihin
singular plural
nominative orko orkot
accusative nom. orko orkot
gen. orkon
genitive orkon orkojen
partitive orkoa orkoja
inessive orkossa orkoissa
elative orkosta orkoista
illative orkoon orkoihin
adessive orkolla orkoilla
ablative orkolta orkoilta
allative orkolle orkoille
essive orkona orkoina
translative orkoksi orkoiksi
instructive orkoin
abessive orkotta orkoitta
comitative orkoineen

Synonyms


Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Estonian org and Livonian urg.

Noun

orko

  1. valley

Polish

Noun

orko

  1. vocative singular of orka
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