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

• nokamüts
• nokkmüts
• nokats
• nokatsmüts

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