rooka

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rooka. Cognates include Finnish ruoka and Estonian roog.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈroːkɑ/, [ˈroːk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈroːkɑ/, [ˈro̝ːɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -oːk, -oːkɑ
• Hyphenation: roo‧ka

Noun

rooka

1. food
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63:

     Linnuil ono nälkä, evät rooka saa.

     The cities are hungry, they don't get food.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Linnut talveel saavat hukkaa sen peräst, jot heille ei tappaa rookaa.

     In the winter, the birds pass away because there isn't enough food for them.

2. meal

Declension

Declension of rooka (type 3/koira, ook-oovv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rooka	roovvat
genitive	roovvan	rookiin
partitive	rookaa	rookia
illative	rookaa	rookii
inessive	roovvaas	roovviis
elative	roovvast	roovvist
allative	roovvalle	roovville
adessive	roovvaal	roovviil
ablative	roovvalt	roovvilt
translative	roovvaks	roovviks
essive	rookanna, rookaan	rookinna, rookiin
exessive1)	rookant	rookint
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.

Synonyms

• (food): söökki, toitto, toittu, söömiin

Hyponyms

• (food): korma (“fodder”)

Derived terms

• arkirooka
• kaikkirookain
• lusikkarooka

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 487