notkea

From Proto-Finnic *nockëda, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ńočka (“bend, curve; bent, flexible”). Related to Ingrian notkia, Karelian notkie, Veps notked and Erzya нучкамс (nučkams, “to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnotkeɑ/, [ˈno̞t̪k̟e̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otkeɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): not‧kea

notkea (comparative notkeampi, superlative notkein)

1. flexible, supple (especially a human, physically)
2. lithe, flexible, supple (easily bent)

• “notkea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[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

• ketona, takoen, tekona