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kurkku
kurkku
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of kurkku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kurkku | kurkut | |
| genitive | kurkun | kurkkujen | |
| partitive | kurkkua | kurkkuja | |
| illative | kurkkuun | kurkkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kurkku | kurkut | |
| accusative | nom. | kurkku | kurkut |
| gen. | kurkun | ||
| genitive | kurkun | kurkkujen | |
| partitive | kurkkua | kurkkuja | |
| inessive | kurkussa | kurkuissa | |
| elative | kurkusta | kurkuista | |
| illative | kurkkuun | kurkkuihin | |
| adessive | kurkulla | kurkuilla | |
| ablative | kurkulta | kurkuilta | |
| allative | kurkulle | kurkuille | |
| essive | kurkkuna | kurkkuina | |
| translative | kurkuksi | kurkuiksi | |
| instructive | — | kurkuin | |
| abessive | kurkutta | kurkuitta | |
| comitative | — | kurkkuineen | |
Noun
kurkku
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *kurkku (compare Estonian, Livonian and Veps kurk), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (compare Old Norse kverk, Swedish Kvarken), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Noun
kurkku
- (anatomy) throat (gullet)
- throat (front part of the neck)
- throat (narrow opening)
- kaasuttimen kurkku
- the throat of a carburettor
- kaasuttimen kurkku