sokko

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *¢itko.

sokko

1. thick

Variant of sokea, though the exact method of derivation is unclear.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsokːo/, [ˈs̠o̞kːo̞]
• Rhymes: -okːo
• Syllabification^(key): sok‧ko

sokko

1. blind man's buff (children's game in which a blindfolded person tries to catch the other players)
2. blindman (the blindfolded person in this game, also called "It")
3. Someone who is temporarily unable to see, either due to being blinded or because something essential is hidden from that person, as in a "blind test".
4. (dated) blind person

• (blind man's buff): sokkoleikki, sokkosilla olo

• sokea

• säkkipimeä (“pitch-dark”)

• “sokko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Akin to Finnish sokko.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsokːo/, [ˈs̠o̞kːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsokːoi̯/, [ˈʃo̞kːo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -okːo, -okːoi̯
• Hyphenation: sok‧ko

sokko

1. blind man's buff (children's game where a blindfolded person tries to catch the other players)

Declension of sokko (type 4/koivu, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sokko	sokot
genitive	sokon	sokkoin, sokkoloin
partitive	sokkoa	sokkoja, sokkoloja
illative	sokkoo	sokkoi, sokkoloihe
inessive	sokos	sokois, sokkolois
elative	sokost	sokoist, sokkoloist
allative	sokolle	sokoille, sokkoloille
adessive	sokol	sokoil, sokkoloil
ablative	sokolt	sokoilt, sokkoloilt
translative	sokoks	sokoiks, sokkoloiks
essive	sokkonna, sokkoon	sokkoinna, sokkoloinna, sokkoin, sokkoloin
exessive1)	sokkont	sokkoint, sokkoloint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 537

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Akin to Finnish sokko and Ingrian sokko.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsokːo/, [ˈsokːo]
• Rhymes: -okːo
• Hyphenation: sok‧ko

sokko

1. a children's game involving a blindfold; blind man's buff

Declension of sokko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sokko	sokod
genitive	soko	sokkojõ, sokkoi
partitive	sokkoa	sokkoitõ, sokkoi
illative	sokkosõ, sokko	sokkoisõ
inessive	sokoz	sokkoiz
elative	sokossõ	sokkoissõ
allative	sokolõ	sokkoilõ
adessive	sokollõ	sokkoillõ
ablative	sokoltõ	sokkoiltõ
translative	sokossi	sokkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sokko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn