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SSA considers it sound-symbolic;[1] cognate with Ingrian houkka, Karelian houkka, Ludian houk

IPA(key): /ˈhou̯kːɑ/, [ˈho̞u̯kːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -oukːɑ
Syllabification(key): houk‧ka
Hyphenation(key): houk‧ka

houkka

fool

^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

“houkka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *houkka, of sound-symbolic origin. Cognates include Finnish houkka (“fool”).

Related to houkas (“wise”).

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhou̯kːɑ/, [ˈho̞u̯kː]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhou̯kːɑ/, [ˈho̞u̯kːɑ]
Rhymes: -ou̯kː, -ou̯kːɑ
Hyphenation: houk‧ka

houkka (comparative haukamp)

happy, cheerful

Declension of houkka (type 3/koira, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	houkka	houkat
genitive	houkan	houkkiin
partitive	houkkaa	houkkia
illative	houkkaa	houkkii
inessive	houkaas	houkiis
elative	houkast	houkist
allative	houkalle	houkille
adessive	houkaal	houkiil
ablative	houkalt	houkilt
translative	houkaks	houkiks
essive	houkkanna, houkkaan	houkkinna, houkkiin
exessive1)	houkkant	houkkint
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.

vesselä, lusti, ilolliin
houkastaa
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 68