pukki
See also: Pukki
Finnish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bukker.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: puk‧ki
- IPA(key): /ˈpukːi/
Noun
pukki
- billygoat; buck (male goat)
- (colloquial) lecherous man
- sawhorse (device used to support pieces of timber while sawing)
- (colloquial) check, checkmark (✓).
- Santa Claus, Santa
- (colloquial) driver's seat
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting horse
- (informal, gymnastics) vaulting table
Declension
| Inflection of pukki (Kotus type 5/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pukki | pukit | |
| genitive | pukin | pukkien | |
| partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | |
| illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pukki | pukit | |
| accusative | nom. | pukki | pukit |
| gen. | pukin | ||
| genitive | pukin | pukkien | |
| partitive | pukkia | pukkeja | |
| inessive | pukissa | pukeissa | |
| elative | pukista | pukeista | |
| illative | pukkiin | pukkeihin | |
| adessive | pukilla | pukeilla | |
| ablative | pukilta | pukeilta | |
| allative | pukille | pukeille | |
| essive | pukkina | pukkeina | |
| translative | pukiksi | pukeiksi | |
| instructive | — | pukein | |
| abessive | pukitta | pukeitta | |
| comitative | — | pukkeineen | |
Synonyms
- (lecherous man): huoripukki
- (sawhorse): sahapukki
- (Santa): joulupukki, joulu-ukko
- (vaulting horse): hyppyteline, hyppypukki (standard)
- (vaulting table): hyppyarkku (standard)
Derived terms
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