FromProto-Finnic*-kkëi, cognate withEstonian-k(i),Erzya-ке(-ke). Equivalent to-kka +‎-i, and originally allomorphic with some uses of-kko (see-o).

-kki

1. Createsaction nouns from verbs.

   ‎levitä(“to spread”) + ‎-kki → ‎levikki(“circulation of a newspaper”)

   ‎mennä (kaupaksi)(“to sell”) + ‎-kki → ‎menekki(“sales, demand”)

   ‎hävitä(“to disappear. lose”) + ‎-kki → ‎hävikki(“loss (accounting)”)

2. Createsdiminutive nouns from verb that indicate the object of an action.

   ‎ajaa(“to drive”) + ‎-kki → ‎ajokki(“vehicle”)

   ‎hoitaa(“to care”) + ‎-kki → ‎hoidokki(“patient”)

   ‎lempiä(“to love”) + ‎-kki → ‎lemmikki(“pet”)

3. Creates nouns that indicatesimilarity,allegory ordiminutiveness. The relationship is sometimes obscure.

   ‎valo(“light”) + ‎-kki → ‎valokki

   ‎hanhi(“goose”) + ‎-kki → ‎hanhikki

   ‎punainen(“red”) + ‎-kki → ‎punikki(“socialist (derogatory)”)

   ‎seitti(“gossamer, fine thread”) + ‎-kki → ‎seitikki(“webcap”)

   ‎tyrä + ‎-kki → ‎tyräkki

4. Creates female given names, especially forcows.

   ‎ainoa(“only”) + ‎-kki → ‎Ainokki

   ‎mieliä(“to desire”) + ‎-kki → ‎Mielikki

   ‎musta(“black”) + ‎-kki → ‎Mustikki

   ‎sarvi(“horn”) + ‎-kki → ‎Sarvikki

   ‎tuuli(“wind”) + ‎-kki → ‎Tuulikki

In some cases the usage is largely synonymous with-kko. As an example, the nounasukki(“inhabitant, often unwanted or temporary one”) from the verbasua(“to live in”) might as well beasukko.

FromProto-Finnic*-kkëi. Cognates includeFinnish-kki andEstonian-k.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key): /-kːi/,[-kːi]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key): /-kːi/,[-kːi]

-kki

1. Used to form nouns from verbs denoting an object of the action.

   ‎söövvä(“eat”) + ‎-kki → ‎söökki(“nutrition”)

2. Used to form given names, especially forcows.

• IPA^(key): /-kːi/

-kki

1. thy,your

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007)A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page383

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