vuoka

From a Sami language, compare Proto-Samic *vuokē (“way, manner, custom”) and Northern Sami vuohki. One theory regarding the semantic shift is that the Swedish word form (“form”) used to describe the original meaning of vuoka may have been misunderstood as "mold, dish, tray" (another meaning form has).

vuoka

1. casserole (dish of glass or earthenware, in which food is baked)
2. casserole, usually with a modifier specifying the main ingredient (food prepared in a casserole)

   kukkakaalivuoka

   cauliflower casserole

3. short for kakkuvuoka (“cake tin”)

The first is the proper declension and used in the written language, while the second is somewhat nonstandard and used primarily in the spoken language. A similar shift is also taking place in ruoka.

• annosvuoka
• kakkuvuoka
• uunivuoka