talka

See also: tálka

Latvian

Noun

talka f (4th declension)

  1. joint work
  2. help
  3. assistance

Declension
Declension of talka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) talka talkas
accusative (akuzatīvs) talku talkas
genitive (ģenitīvs) talkas talku
dative (datīvs) talkai talkām
instrumental (instrumentālis) talku talkām
locative (lokatīvs) talkā talkās
vocative (vokatīvs) talka talkas
  • talkot

Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • (talkà) IPA(key): [tɐlˈkɐ]
  • (tal̃ka) IPA(key): [ˈtɐlkɐ]

Noun

talkà f stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. cooperated voluntary work (chiefly communal and agricultural)
    rugiapjūtės talka[3] - cooperated harvest
  2. assistance
    ateiti į talką[3] - to come to help
  3. gathered crowd

Declension
declension of talka
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) talkà tal̃kos
genitive (kilmininkas) talkõs talkų̃
dative (naudininkas) tal̃kai talkóms
accusative (galininkas) tal̃ką talkàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) talkà talkomìs
locative (vietininkas) talkojè talkosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) tal̃ka tal̃kos

Note: Besides this table, there is an illative singular form talkõn.

Synonyms
  • (assistance): pagelbėjimas, pagalba
  • (verb) telkti
Derived terms
  • (noun) talkininkas m

See also

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495-496. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “tłok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 571-572
  3. “talka” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “talka” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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