kaakko

From Proto-Finnic *kakko ~ *kaakko (“southeast”). Cognate to Estonian kagu and Ingrian kakko. Possibly related to kaakkuri, in which case the cardinal direction meaning could derive from a meaning like "the direction where migratory birds come from".

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːkːo/, [ˈkɑ̝ːkːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑːkːo
• Syllabification^(key): kaak‧ko

kaakko

1. southeast

• luode

• (compass points)

luode	pohjoinen	koillinen
länsi		itä
lounas	etelä	kaakko

• “kaakko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kokkaa

Probably borrowed from Estonian kakk.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːkːo/, [ˈkɑːkːo]
• Rhymes: -ɑːkːo
• Hyphenation: kaak‧ko

kaakko

1. owl

Declension of kaakko (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kaakko	kaakod
genitive	kaako	kaakkojõ, kaakkoi
partitive	kaakkoa	kaakkoitõ, kaakkoi
illative	kaakkosõ, kaakko	kaakkoisõ
inessive	kaakoz	kaakkoiz
elative	kaakossõ	kaakkoissõ
allative	kaakolõ	kaakkoilõ
adessive	kaakollõ	kaakkoillõ
ablative	kaakoltõ	kaakkoiltõ
translative	kaakossi	kaakkoissi
*) 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.