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From Proto-Finnic *vahinko. Related to Ingrian vahinko, Karelian vahinko, Ludian vahinko and Votic vahinko.

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑhiŋko/, [ˈʋɑ̝ɦiŋko̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhiŋko
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧hin‧ko

vahinko

  1. accident, mishap (something negative done unintentionally; event caused by human activity with unintentional negative consequences)
  2. damage (abstract measure of something not being intact)
    Near-synonym: vaurio
  3. something that is unfortunate, a shame
    Synonym: harmi

From Proto-Finnic *vahinko. Cognates include Finnish vahinko and dialectal Estonian vahing.

vahinko

  1. mishap, accident
Declension of vahinko (type 4/koivu, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahinko vahingot
genitive vahingon vahinkoin, vahinkoloin
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoja, vahinkoloja
illative vahinkoo vahinkoihe, vahinkoloihe
inessive vahingoos vahingois, vahinkolois
elative vahingost vahingoist, vahinkoloist
allative vahingolle vahingoille, vahinkoloille
adessive vahingool vahingoil, vahinkoloil
ablative vahingolt vahingoilt, vahinkoloilt
translative vahingoks vahingoiks, vahinkoloiks
essive vahinkonna, vahinkoon vahinkoinna, vahinkoloinna, vahinkoin, vahinkoloin
exessive1) vahinkont vahinkoint, vahinkoloint
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.
  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вагинго”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 630

From Proto-Finnic *vahinko.

vahinko

  1. accident, mishap
  2. damage
Declension of vahinko (type II/võrkko, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahinko vahingod
genitive vahingo vahinkojõ, vahinkoi
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoitõ, vahinkoi
illative vahinkosõ, vahinko vahinkoisõ
inessive vahingoz vahinkoiz
elative vahingossõ vahinkoissõ
allative vahingolõ vahinkoilõ
adessive vahingollõ vahinkoillõ
ablative vahingoltõ vahinkoiltõ
translative vahingossi vahinkoissi
*) 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) “vahinko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn