Finnish

Proper noun

Kolkka

1. A surname​.

Finnish

Noun

kolkka

1. corner (edge or extremity; any distant quarter or part)

   Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.

   He lived in a corner of town, which I normally never visited.

Compounds

• maankolkka

Etymology 2

From the verb kolkata.

Noun

kolkka

1. bolt (blunt-headed arrow used in hunting small fur animals to knock them out instead of killing so as not to damage the valuable fur)
2. A club or mallet used for similar purpose.
3. A boy whose task was to assist in hunting by carrying and searching the bolts as well as the prey.
4. (by extension, scouting, dated) The denomination of a Cub Scout used from 1940's to 1970's.

Declension

Synonyms

• (bolt): vasama
• (club or mallet): nuija
• (boy assisting in a hunt): kolkkapoika
• (wolf cub): sudenpentu (current term); kolkkapoika (dated, alternative to "kolkka")