See finke on Wiktionary
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},
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],
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],
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"fink",
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],
[
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],
[
"finch",
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],
[
"finker",
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],
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]
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "finch"
},
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}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "finker",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "finkene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
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]
}
],
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{
"parts": [
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"ke"
]
}
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{
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{
"english": "the places where she [when dead] could travel, as something light, as though transformed into a finch or a tit",
"ref": "2019, Ole Robert Sunde, Jeg føler meg uvel, page 19:",
"text": "de stedene hvor hun [som død] kunne reise, som noe lett, liksom omdannet til en fink eller en meis",
"translation": "the places where she [when dead] could travel, as something light, as though transformed into a finch or a tit",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Fringillidae",
"Fringillidae#Translingual"
]
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],
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],
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"english": "The sliced ingredients are brought to a boil in the stock ... which is then poured over the finker.",
"ref": "1845, Hanna Winsnes, Lærebog i de forskjellige Grene af Huusholdningen, 293. Finker, pages 210–211:",
"text": "Det Opskaarne gives et Opkog i Kraften ... saa heldes det paa Finkerne",
"translation": "The sliced ingredients are brought to a boil in the stock ... which is then poured over the finker.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "we had a poor breakfast; Baby was particularly offended: eggs, finker – some nasty chopped stuff!",
"ref": "1887 September 19, Alexander Kielland, Breve til hans søn, Alexander og Jens Zetlitz Kielland:",
"text": "vi havde en slet Dejeuner; Baby var især fornærmet: Æg, Finker – noget hakket vont!",
"translation": "we had a poor breakfast; Baby was particularly offended: eggs, finker – some nasty chopped stuff!",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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"ipa": "/²ˈfɪŋ.kə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɪ̂ŋ.kə]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋkə"
}
],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
[
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{
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{
"english": "the man was taken into the sheriff's custody and put in the lockup for the night",
"ref": "1969, Finnmarken, number 230, page 23:",
"text": "mannen ble tatt hånd om av lensmannen og ble puttet i «finka» for natten",
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{
"english": "now [they] take their places in the heating van like other travellers",
"ref": "1958, Bjørn Rongen, Klart for tog, page 31:",
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},
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"finke",
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[
"fink",
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[
"Fink",
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[
"vink",
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],
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"finch",
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[
"finker",
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"1": "en",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
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"indefinite",
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"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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{
"english": "the places where she [when dead] could travel, as something light, as though transformed into a finch or a tit",
"ref": "2019, Ole Robert Sunde, Jeg føler meg uvel, page 19:",
"text": "de stedene hvor hun [som død] kunne reise, som noe lett, liksom omdannet til en fink eller en meis",
"translation": "the places where she [when dead] could travel, as something light, as though transformed into a finch or a tit",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"zoology"
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[
"finch",
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"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
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"zoology",
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"masculine"
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{
"english": "The sliced ingredients are brought to a boil in the stock ... which is then poured over the finker.",
"ref": "1845, Hanna Winsnes, Lærebog i de forskjellige Grene af Huusholdningen, 293. Finker, pages 210–211:",
"text": "Det Opskaarne gives et Opkog i Kraften ... saa heldes det paa Finkerne",
"translation": "The sliced ingredients are brought to a boil in the stock ... which is then poured over the finker.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "we had a poor breakfast; Baby was particularly offended: eggs, finker – some nasty chopped stuff!",
"ref": "1887 September 19, Alexander Kielland, Breve til hans søn, Alexander og Jens Zetlitz Kielland:",
"text": "vi havde en slet Dejeuner; Baby var især fornærmet: Æg, Finker – noget hakket vont!",
"translation": "we had a poor breakfast; Baby was particularly offended: eggs, finker – some nasty chopped stuff!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a hash made from finely chopped offal and sometimes meat"
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"hash",
"hash"
],
[
"offal",
"offal"
],
[
"meat",
"meat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal, chiefly plural, cooking) a hash made from finely chopped offal and sometimes meat"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hakkemat"
}
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²ˈfɪŋ.kə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɪ̂ŋ.kə]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋkə"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:Finkefamilien"
],
"word": "finke"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"finka",
"finka#Swedish"
],
[
"vinke",
"vinke#Low_German"
],
[
"vinkenbûr",
"vinkenbûr#Low_German"
],
[
"venknisse",
"venknisse#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"vangen",
"vangen#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"-nisse",
"-nisse#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*fanhaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanhaną"
],
[
"*peh₂ḱ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peh₂ḱ-"
],
[
"*h₂pó",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂pó"
],
[
"*h₂n(e)ḱ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂n(e)ḱ-"
],
[
"Gefängnis",
"Gefängnis#German"
],
[
"gevangenis",
"gevangenis#Dutch"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "sv",
"3": "finka",
"t": "prison; railway brake or heating van"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Swedish finka (“prison; railway brake or heating van”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "nds",
"3": "vinke",
"t": "prison"
},
"expansion": "Low German vinke (“prison”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gml",
"3": "venknisse",
"t": "capture, captivity; prison"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German venknisse (“capture, captivity; prison”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fanhaną",
"t": "to catch"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to catch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Gefängnis"
},
"expansion": "German Gefängnis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gevangenis",
"t": "prison"
},
"expansion": "Dutch gevangenis (“prison”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swedish finka (“prison; railway brake or heating van”), from Low German vinke (“prison”), attested in the compound vinkenbûr (“prison cage”), probably a humorous shortening of Middle Low German venknisse (“capture, captivity; prison”).\nThe latter contains the stem of vangen (“to catch, capture”) and the suffix -nisse (“abstract noun suffix”). The verbal element ultimately continues Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (“to catch”). Its deeper origin is disputed: proposed derivations include Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to secure, attach, strengthen”), or a formation from *h₂pó (“off, away”) and *h₂n(e)ḱ- (“to reach, attain”).\nCompare German Gefängnis and Dutch gevangenis (“prison”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "finka",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "finken",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "finker",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "finkene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "finka",
"3": "finker",
"4": "finkene",
"ds2": "finken",
"g2": "m"
},
"expansion": "finke f or m (definite singular finka or finken, indefinite plural finker, definite plural finkene)",
"name": "nb-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"fin",
"ke"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål dialectal terms",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the man was taken into the sheriff's custody and put in the lockup for the night",
"ref": "1969, Finnmarken, number 230, page 23:",
"text": "mannen ble tatt hånd om av lensmannen og ble puttet i «finka» for natten",
"translation": "the man was taken into the sheriff's custody and put in the lockup for the night",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a lockup; a local jail cell"
],
"links": [
[
"lockup",
"lockup"
],
[
"jail",
"jail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal) a lockup; a local jail cell"
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"nb:Rail transportation"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "now [they] take their places in the heating van like other travellers",
"ref": "1958, Bjørn Rongen, Klart for tog, page 31:",
"text": "nå tar [de] plass i finka som andre reisende",
"translation": "now [they] take their places in the heating van like other travellers",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a railway heating van; a railway van carrying equipment that supplies heat to passenger coaches, also historically a brake, goods or conductor's van"
],
"links": [
[
"rail transport",
"rail transport"
],
[
"van",
"van"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rail transport) a railway heating van; a railway van carrying equipment that supplies heat to passenger coaches, also historically a brake, goods or conductor's van"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"rail-transport",
"railways",
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²ˈfɪŋ.kə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɪ̂ŋ.kə]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋkə"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:Finkefamilien"
],
"word": "finke"
}
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