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Meaning of ukko | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
/ˈukːo/

Määritelmät

  1. The god of heaven, often mentioned with the epithet ylijumala (“supreme god”).
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  2. old man, gaffer
  3. a male given name
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  4. adult male wood grouse or black grouse
  5. token in a board game, meeple, game piece
    informal
  6. player character in video games
    informal

Vastineet

English Gaffer Geezer Hubby

Esimerkit

“1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 14:304-308”

O thou Ukko, god of gods, / Ukko, keeper of the clouds, / Ruler of the random cloudlets! / Open up the heavens wide, / All the windows of the sky!

“—No, tottahan se on, Ukko Barndik sanoi:—Ei miunkaan nimeni ole tavallinen―mie olen Ukko, enkä mikkään ukko. Se on suomalainen nimi.”

—Well, it's true, Ukko Barndik said:—My name ain't ordinary, either―I'm Ukko, and not any old man (ukko). It's a Finnish name.

“Mira hyppyyttää Ukkoa, sopottaa samalla jotain. Vauva hekottaa. - Kerroinko minä että Ukko kastettiin sellaisella ikivanhalla pakanarituaalilla? Minulla oli tässä se kausi että kiinnostuin kaikista pakanajutuista. Wiccoista ja muista.”

Mira rocks Ukko around and blabbers something. The baby is chuckling. - Did I tell you that Ukko was baptized with an ancient pagan ritual? I had this phase when I got really interested in pagan stuff. Wiccas and so on.

CEFR-taso

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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