leuka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *lëuka, possibly from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian liauka (“gland”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
leuka
- jaw (part of the face below the mouth)
- chin (bottom of a face)
- Synonym: alaleuka
- jaw (bone of the jaw)
- Synonym: leukaluu
- jaw (one of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other)
- (colloquial) Synonym of leuanveto (“pull-up (exercise)”)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of leuka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | leuka | leuat | ||
genitive | leuan | leukojen | ||
partitive | leukaa | leukoja | ||
illative | leukaan | leukoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | leuka | leuat | ||
accusative | nom. | leuka | leuat | |
gen. | leuan | |||
genitive | leuan | leukojen leukainrare | ||
partitive | leukaa | leukoja | ||
inessive | leuassa | leuoissa | ||
elative | leuasta | leuoista | ||
illative | leukaan | leukoihin | ||
adessive | leualla | leuoilla | ||
ablative | leualta | leuoilta | ||
allative | leualle | leuoille | ||
essive | leukana | leukoina | ||
translative | leuaksi | leuoiksi | ||
abessive | leuatta | leuoitta | ||
instructive | — | leuoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
- alaleuka
- hauenleuka
- irvileuka
- isoleukainen
- jykeväleukainen
- kaksoisleuka
- keltaleukaseppä
- kierreleuka
- koiranleuka
- koukkuleuka
- koukkuleukainen
- kuoppaleuka
- leuanalus
- leuanalusta
- leuankaari
- leuankärki
- leuankärkilihas
- leuanveto
- leukahihna
- leukakuoppa
- leukalappu
- leukalinja
- leukalukko
- leukaluu
- leukanivel
- leukaparta
- leukaperä
- leukaperät
- leukapieli
- leukaraaja
- leukarihma
- leukatuki
- lovileuka
- mustaleukamuura
- sileäleukainen
- väkäleuka
- välileuanluu
- vääräleukainen
- yläleuka
Further reading[edit]
- “leuka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *lëuka. Cognates include Finnish leuka and Estonian lõug.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈleu̯kɑ/, [ˈlʲe̞u̯k]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlʲeu̯kɑ/, [ˈlʲe̞u̯ɡ̊ɑ]
- Rhymes: -eu̯k, -eu̯kɑ
- Hyphenation: leu‧ka
Noun[edit]
leuka
- jaw
- chin
- (figurative) lip
Declension[edit]
Declension of leuka (type 3/kana, euk-evv gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | leuka | levvat |
genitive | levvan | leukoin |
partitive | leukaa | leukoja |
illative | leukaa | leukoi |
inessive | levvaas | levvois |
elative | levvast | levvoist |
allative | levvalle | levvoille |
adessive | levvaal | levvoil |
ablative | levvalt | levvoilt |
translative | levvaks | levvoiks |
essive | leukanna, leukaan | leukoinna, leukoin |
exessive1) | leukant | leukoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262
Karelian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- leuga (Southern)
Noun[edit]
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Baltic languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eukɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eukɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Anatomy
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eu̯k
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eu̯k/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eu̯kɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eu̯kɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- izh:Face
- izh:Anatomy
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns