korotniekka
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Russian огородник (ogorodnik, “market gardener”), with syncope of the initial unstressed vowel. See -niekka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]korotniekka (historical, Viipuri, South-Eastern Finland)
- A Russian vegetable farmer in South-Eastern Finland (see Vyborg Governorate). [19th–early 20th c.]
- Synonyms: kaaliryssä, puutarharyssä (Helsinki)
Usage notes
[edit]- The usage is intrinsically tied to the period of Russian authority over Finland. The korotniekat were not sustenance farmers but retired soldiers and merchants.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of korotniekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | korotniekka | korotniekat | |
genitive | korotniekan | korotniekkojen | |
partitive | korotniekkaa | korotniekkoja | |
illative | korotniekkaan | korotniekkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | korotniekka | korotniekat | |
accusative | nom. | korotniekka | korotniekat |
gen. | korotniekan | ||
genitive | korotniekan | korotniekkojen korotniekkain rare | |
partitive | korotniekkaa | korotniekkoja | |
inessive | korotniekassa | korotniekoissa | |
elative | korotniekasta | korotniekoista | |
illative | korotniekkaan | korotniekkoihin | |
adessive | korotniekalla | korotniekoilla | |
ablative | korotniekalta | korotniekoilta | |
allative | korotniekalle | korotniekoille | |
essive | korotniekkana | korotniekkoina | |
translative | korotniekaksi | korotniekoiksi | |
abessive | korotniekatta | korotniekoitta | |
instructive | — | korotniekoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- Heikki Paunonen (2016) Sloboa Stadissa: stadin slangin etymologiaa (in Finnish), Jyväskylä: Docendo, →ISBN, pages 189–190