nokk

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nokka. Cognate with Finnish nokka and Votic nokkõ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnokː/, [ˈnokː]
  • Rhymes: -okː
  • Hyphenation: nokk

Noun

nokk (genitive noka, partitive nokka)

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)
  2. bill, brim (of a hat)
  3. (colloquial, figuratively) nose

Declension

Declension of nokk (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative nokk nokad
accusative nom.
gen. noka
genitive nokkade
partitive nokka nokki
nokkasid
illative nokka
nokasse 		nokkadesse
nokisse
inessive nokas nokkades
nokis
elative nokast nokkadest
nokist
allative nokale nokkadele
nokile
adessive nokal nokkadel
nokil
ablative nokalt nokkadelt
nokilt
translative nokaks nokkadeks
nokiks
terminative nokani nokkadeni
essive nokana nokkadena
abessive nokata nokkadeta
comitative nokaga nokkadega

Derived terms

References

  • nokk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “nokk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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