niska

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ihmisen pää (“human head”) Click on labels in the image.

From Proto-Finnic *niska. Cognate with Ingrian niska, Karelian niska, Veps nišk, nisk and Votic niskõ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniskɑ/, [ˈnis̠kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iskɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): nis‧ka

niska

1. (anatomy) nape, the back of the neck
2. a load bearing horizontal support column in a building
3. the upper end of koski (“a series of small waterfalls”) (the place where the rapid flow begins)

• “niska”, 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

• askin, kansi, kasin, kisan, sakin

 

From Proto-Finnic *niska. Cognates include Finnish niska and Veps nišk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈniskɑ/, [ˈnis̠k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈniskɑ/, [ˈniʃkɑ]
• Rhymes: -isk, -iskɑ
• Hyphenation: nis‧ka

niska

1. nape (back of the neck)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 341

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲiska/

niska

1. nominative feminine singular of niski

 

From Proto-Algonquian *neska.

• IPA^(key): [nɪsˈkʌ]
• Hyphenation: nis‧ka

niska anim (plural niskak, augmentative misiniska, Syllabics ᓂᐢᑲ)

1. goose

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• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[2], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲis.ka/

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• Rhymes: -iska
• Syllabification: nis‧ka

niska

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of niski