jalka

Short for jalgpall.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlkɑ/

jalka (genitive jalka, partitive jalkat)

1. (colloquial) footy, footie

   Synonym: jalgpall

From Proto-Finnic *jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jalka.[1] Cognate with Livonian jālga, Erzya ялго (jalgo, “on foot”) and ялга (jalga, “friend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlkɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝lkɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): jal‧ka

jalka

1. foot, leg; a lower supporting limb of a human or animal

   Menin sinne jalan. ― I went there by foot / on foot / afoot.

   jalankulkija ― pedestrian

2. leg, foot (supporting protrusion in an inanimate object, e.g. a piece of furniture)
3. base, pedestal (supporting bottom part of various objects)
4. stipe (of a fungus)
5. foot (unit of measure)
6. (electronics) pin (of a microchip)
7. kickstand

jalka refers variously to the leg, foot or both. If context is required (such as in anatomy), jalkaterä is used for "foot" and jalka (or less commonly jalkavarsi) for "leg".

Unlike with most other nouns, an instructive singular form exists.

• (foot): jalkaterä
• (base): jalusta
• (leg): kinttu, kontti, potka

• jolkotella
• reisi
• sääri

• “jalka”, 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 2023-07-02

• kajal, kalja

From Proto-Finnic *jalka, from Proto-Uralic *jalka. Cognates include Finnish jalka and Estonian jalg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlkɑ/, [ˈjɑɫk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlkɑ/, [ˈjɑɫɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlk, -ɑlkɑ
• Hyphenation: jal‧ka

jalka

1. leg, foot
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:

     Paa kengät jalkaa.

     Put shoes on.

     (literally, “Put the shoes on the foot.”)

2. (botany) spur
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Jos katsoa [maitokukan] pöyhkiää harmaata palloa, kumpa tuli keltaisen kukan sihalle, ni siis näkkyy, jot se ono tekahunt pikkaraisist eri plodikoist, kumpiil ono pitkä jalka ja jalan otsaas pöyhkiä zontikka (kuva 1).

     If you look at [the dandelion's] fluffy, grey seedhead, which came at the place of the yellow flower, then it's seen, that it has formed from various tiny fruits, which have a long spur and at the end of the spur a fluffy achene (image 1).

• nakku (childish)

• koipi (“leg”)
• jalkaterä (“foot”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 100
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 54

From Proto-Finnic *jalka. Cognates include Finnish jalka and Estonian jalg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlkɑ/
• Hyphenation: jal‧ka

jalka (genitive jalan, partitive jalkua)

1. (North Karelian) foot, leg

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “нога”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN