kolkki

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Cardinal: kolme     Colloquial counting form: koo, kol     Ordinal: kolmas     Colloquial ordinal: kolkki (regional)     Ordinal abbreviation: 3., 3:s     Digit name: kolmonen     Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti     Multiplier: kolminkertainen     Distributive: kolmittain     Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
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Etymology

Clipping of kolmas +‎ -kki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolkːi/, [ˈko̞lkːi]
• Rhymes: -olkːi
• Syllabification^(key): kolk‧ki

Numeral

kolkki (colloquial, rare)

1. Synonym of kolmas.

Votic

Alternative forms

• kolttši

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkolkːi/, [ˈkoɫkʲːi]
• Rhymes: -olkːi
• Hyphenation: kolk‧ki

Noun

kolkki

1. scoop, ladle

Inflection

Declension of kolkki (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kolkki	kolkid
genitive	kolki	kolkkijõ, kolkkii
partitive	kolkkia	kolkkiitõ, kolkkii
illative	kolkkisõ, kolkki	kolkkiisõ
inessive	kolkiz	kolkkiiz
elative	kolkissõ	kolkkiissõ
allative	kolkilõ	kolkkiilõ
adessive	kolkillõ	kolkkiillõ
ablative	kolkiltõ	kolkkiiltõ
translative	kolkissi	kolkkiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kolttši”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn