pakki

pakki

1. partitive singular of pakk
2. illative singular of pakk

From late Old Norse pakki, from Middle Low German packe, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaʰtʃːɪ/
• Rhymes: -aʰtʃːɪ

pakki m (genitive singular pakka, plural pakkar)

1. package
2. parcel

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑkːi/, [ˈpɑ̝kːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• Syllabification^(key): pak‧ki

Borrowed from Swedish back, from Middle Low German back and/or Dutch bak, from French bac (“vat”).

pakki

1. Ellipsis of työkalupakki (“tool box”).
2. (military) mess kit (a metal container belonging to a soldier's field equipment; the container serves as a cooking vessel and the top doubles as a cup)
3. (colloquial, rare) the head of a person

• (military mess kit): kenttäkeittoastia, kenttäpakki

• “2. pakki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Borrowed from Swedish back, from English back, aback.

pakki

1. (colloquial) reverse, in the sense of reverse gear

   laittaa pakki päälle ― to put (something) in reverse

2. (nautical, usually in adessive singular) position relative to the wind that the wind blows from the wrong side of a sail; the aback position

   purje on pakilla ― the sail is aback

3. (colloquial) A defending player in various ballgames; a defenceman; a defender.
4. (colloquial, usually in the plural) getting rejected, especially by the opposite sex when approaching her/him.

   Hain kolmasti Liisaa tanssimaan, mutta sain / hän antoi pakit joka kerta.

   I asked Liisa three times to dance, but I was rejected / she rejected me every time.

• pakittaa

• “1. pakki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Old Norse pakki, possibly borrowed through Middle Low German packe from Old Saxon *pakko, all from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰahcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ahcɪ

pakki m (genitive singular pakka, nominative plural pakkar)

1. parcel, pack, package, packet

From Persian [Term?].

pakki (plural pakkilar)

1. jack-knife