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From Proto-Finnic *kenkä, possibly borrowed from pre-Germanic *(s)keng- (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more). Cognate with Estonian king.

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeŋkæ/, [ˈk̟e̞ŋk̟æ]
  • Rhymes: -eŋkæ
  • Hyphenation(key): ken‧kä

kenkä

  1. shoe (protective covering for the foot)
  2. shoe (something resembling a shoe in function)
  3. boot (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)
    Synonym: saapas
Kenkiiä.

From Proto-Finnic *kenkä. Cognates include Finnish kenkä and Estonian king.

kenkä

  1. shoe
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:

      Paa kengät jalkaa.

      Put the shoes on.
Declension of kenkä (type 3/koira, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative kenkä kengät
genitive kengän kenkiin
partitive kenkää kenkiä
illative kenkää kenkii
inessive kengääs kengiis
elative kengäst kengist
allative kengälle kengille
adessive kengääl kengiil
ablative kengält kengilt
translative kengäks kengiks
essive kenkännä, kenkään kenkinnä, kenkiin
exessive1) kenkänt kenkint
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.
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 23