čakka

See also: cakka

Karelian

Regional variants of čakka

North Karelian (Viena)	čakka
South Karelian (Tver)	čakka

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑkːɑ/
• Hyphenation: čak‧ka

Noun

čakka (genitive čakan, partitive čakkua)

1. bloodsuckers collectively
2. (South Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of hiiri (“mouse”)
3. (South Karelian, avoidance) Synonym of hukka (“wolf”)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of čakka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	čakka	čakat
genitive	čakan	čakkojen
partitive	čakkua	čakkoja
illative	čakkah	čakkoih
inessive	čakašša	čakoissa
elative	čakašta	čakoista
adessive	čakalla	čakoilla
ablative	čakalta	čakoilta
translative	čakakši	čakoiksi
essive	čakkana	čakkoina
comitative	—	čakoineh
abessive	čakatta	čakoitta

Tver Karelian declension of čakka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	čakka	čakat
genitive	čakan	čakoin
partitive	čakkua	čakkoida
illative	čakkah	čakkoih
inessive	čakašša	čakoissa
elative	čakašta	čakoista
adessive	čakalla	čakoilla
ablative	čakalda	čakoilda
translative	čakakši	čakoiksi
essive	čakkana	čakkoina
comitative	čakanke	čakoinke
abessive	čakatta	čakoitta

Possessive forms of čakka
1st person	čakkani
2nd person	čakkaš
3rd person	čakkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “čakka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “čakka”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN