kolkka

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞lkːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olkːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kolk‧ka

From Proto-Finnic *kolkka (compare Estonian kolk, Karelian kolkka, Votic kolkkõ).

kolkka

1. corner (edge or extremity; any distant quarter or part)

   Hän asui kaupungin kolkassa, jossa en normaalisti koskaan käynyt.

   He lived in a corner of town, which I normally never visited.

2. (heraldry) canton

• “1. kolkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Back-formation from kolkata.

kolkka

1. bolt (blunt-headed arrow used in hunting small fur animals to knock them out instead of killing so as not to damage the valuable fur)
2. A club or mallet used for similar purpose.
3. A boy whose task was to assist in hunting by carrying and searching the bolts as well as the prey.
4. (by extension, scouting, dated) The denomination of a Cub Scout used from 1940's to 1970's.

• (bolt): vasama
• (club or mallet): nuija
• (boy assisting in a hunt): kolkkapoika
• (wolf cub): sudenpentu (current term); kolkkapoika (dated, alternative to "kolkka")

• “2. kolkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Proto-Finnic *kolkka. Cognates include Finnish kolkka and Estonian kolk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞ɫkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkolkːɑ/, [ˈko̞ɫkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -olkː, -olkːɑ
• Hyphenation: kolk‧ka

kolkka

1. corner

• nurkka, nukka

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 188