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puukko
puukko
English
A puukko with birch handle and full-length fuller
Noun
puukko (plural puukkos or puukot)
- A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage, with a short blade and flat back; normally worn in a sheath on the waist, and used for woodcrafts and as hunting knife.
Translations
a type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:puukko.
External links
Finnish
(index pu)
Etymology
Derives from puu (“tree, wood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpuːkːo̞]
- Hyphenation: puuk‧ko
Noun
puukko
- A puukko.
- A hunting knife (utensil or tool).
Declension
| Inflection of puukko (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puukko | puukot | |
| genitive | puukon | puukkojen | |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoja | |
| illative | puukkoon | puukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puukko | puukot | |
| accusative | nom. | puukko | puukot |
| gen. | puukon | ||
| genitive | puukon | puukkojen | |
| partitive | puukkoa | puukkoja | |
| inessive | puukossa | puukoissa | |
| elative | puukosta | puukoista | |
| illative | puukkoon | puukkoihin | |
| adessive | puukolla | puukoilla | |
| ablative | puukolta | puukoilta | |
| allative | puukolle | puukoille | |
| essive | puukkona | puukkoina | |
| translative | puukoksi | puukoiksi | |
| instructive | — | puukoin | |
| abessive | puukotta | puukoitta | |
| comitative | — | puukkoineen | |