kakku

kakku

1. illative singular of kagu

• kaakku, kakko (dialectal)

From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed either from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō, “cake (of bread)”) or earlier Proto-Germanic *kakǭ; compare modern Swedish kaka and Estonian kakk (“loaf of white bread”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑ̝kːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːu
• Hyphenation^(key): kak‧ku

kakku

1. cake

   syödä ja säästää kakku / pitää kakku ja syödä se ― to have one's cake and eat it too

2. (figuratively) pie (whole of wealth or resource)
3. Ellipsis of hunajakakku.
4. (slang) bit (prison sentence)

• (cake): Tends to refer to larger cakes served in slices. Small, individual cakes tend to be called leivos or pikkuleipä, but may also be called kakku, particularly in compounds.

• “kakku”, 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 2023-07-02

• Kukka, kukka

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kakku/, [kək.kʊ]

kakku (demonstrative)

1. plural of kanna; those down a medial distance.

From Proto-Finnic *kakku. Cognates include Finnish kakku and Estonian kakk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːu
• Hyphenation: kak‧ku

kakku

1. flatbread

Declension of kakku (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kakku	kakut
genitive	kakun	kakkuin, kakkuloin
partitive	kakkua	kakkuja, kakkuloja
illative	kakkuu	kakkui, kakkuloihe
inessive	kakus	kakuis, kakkulois
elative	kakust	kakuist, kakkuloist
allative	kakulle	kakuille, kakkuloille
adessive	kakul	kakuil, kakkuloil
ablative	kakult	kakuilt, kakkuloilt
translative	kakuks	kakuiks, kakkuloiks
essive	kakkunna, kakkuun	kakkuinna, kakkuloinna, kakkuin, kakkuloin
exessive1)	kakkunt	kakkuint, kakkuloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 125

From Proto-Finnic *kakku.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːu
• Hyphenation: kak‧ku

kakku

1. flatbread, bread, pancake

Declension of kakku (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kakku	kakud
genitive	kaku	kakkujõ, kakkui
partitive	kakkua	kakkuitõ, kakkui
illative	kakkusõ, kakku	kakkuisõ
inessive	kakuz	kakkuiz
elative	kakussõ	kakkuissõ
allative	kakulõ	kakkuilõ
adessive	kakullõ	kakkuillõ
ablative	kakultõ	kakkuiltõ
translative	kakussi	kakkuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kakku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn