malka

From Proto-Finnic *malka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian malka (“firewood, splinter”), Lithuanian malka (“firewood, splinter, log”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlkɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mal‧ka

malka

1. a (thin) wooden pole or beam that extends from the ridge to the eave, with such poles forming the topmost layer on a traditional birchbark or straw roof (on top of the birchbark or straw which serves as the waterproofing material)
   • 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Evankeliumi Luukkaan mukaan (Luke) 6:42:

     Kuinka saatat sanoa veljellesi: ’Veljeni, annas, minä otan pois rikan, joka on silmässäsi’, sinä, joka et näe malkaa omassa silmässäsi? Sinä ulkokullattu, ota ensin malka omasta silmästäsi, sitten sinä näet ottaa pois rikan, joka on veljesi silmässä.

     Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

• “malka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kalma

malka f (4th declension)

1. log, piece of firewood

málka f (plural málkos) stress pattern 1st

1. log, firewood
2. heap, pile
3. pack of cards

Root
m-l-k
2 terms

From Arabic مَلِكَة (malika).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ka/

malka f (plural mluk, masculine malek, diminutive mlejka)

1. female equivalent of malek; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonyms: sultana, reġina