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vuoka

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Finnish

Etymology

From a Sami language, compare Proto-Samic *vuokē (way, manner, custom) and Northern Sami vuohki. Originally a northern Finnish dialectal word meaning "way, manner, shape, form". In this sense, the word was first attested in Gustaf Erik Eurén: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja : Finsk-swensk ordbok. ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1860). In Elias Lönnrot's Finnish-Swedish dictionary (Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880)), the volume published in 1880 contains vuoka with the translation "form, sätt", and the example "siihen vuokaan tehty" is given.

The word in its modern sense is a ghost word, stemming from a misinterpretation. Later in the 1880s, Swedish form (form, shape, way) found in the aforementioned dictionary was misunderstood as form (form, mold, tin), leading to the new sense (first attested in 1885) which was popularized over the next two decades.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋuo̯kɑ/, [ˈʋuo̞̯kɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uokɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vuo‧ka
  • Hyphenation(key): vuo‧ka

Noun

vuoka

  1. casserole (dish of glass or earthenware, in which food is baked)
  2. casserole (food prepared in a casserole) (usually with a modifier specifying the main ingredient)
    kukkakaalivuokacauliflower casserole
  3. ellipsis of kakkuvuoka (cake tin); tin

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Colloquial (and somewhat nonstandard; compare the inflection of ruoka):

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