Kūolka

Livonian

Etymology

Variations of Kolka start appearing in documents only from around 18th century, before that the geographical feature was called Domesnes for several centuries. The term is a common Finnic lexeme meaning "corner" – Estonian kolgas, kolk, Finnish kolkka. In Estonian usage in the sense "gulf, bay" is attested. Since in Livonian this lexeme is attested only as a toponym it possible that it is a borrowing from Estonian.

A variation of the earlier name has been mentioned as Tumisnis (together with Simkala – "Semigallia, Zemgale") on the 11th century Mervallastenen rune stone – the earliest attested explicit mention of a Latvian geographical feature in any written source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːolkɑ/

Proper noun

Kūolka

1. Kolka (a village in Courland, Latvia)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     Kūolka – Kūolka – Kolka

     Kolka – Kolka – Kolka

Declension

Declension of Kūolka (46)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	Kūolka	–
genitive (genitīv)	Kūolka	–
partitive (partitīv)	Kuolkõ	–
dative (datīv)	Kūolkan	–
instrumental (instrumentāl)	Kūolkaks	–
illative (illatīv)	Kuolkõ	–
inessive (inesīv)	Kūolkas	–
elative (elatīv)	Kūolkast	–

Related terms

• Kūolka nanā
• Kūolka kõlā