Noun type: 4
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | evakko |
| Partitive | evakkoa |
| Genetive | evakon |
| Accusative | evakon |
| Inessive | evakossa |
| Elative | evakosta |
| Illative | evakkoon |
| Adessive | evakolla |
| Ablative | evakolta |
| Allative | evakolle |
| Essive | evakkona |
| Translative | evakoksi |
| Abessive | evakotta |
Plural
| Nominative | evakot |
| Partitive | evakkoja; evakoita |
| Genetive | evakkojen; evakoiden; evakoitten |
| Accusative | evakot |
| Inessive | evakoissa |
| Elative | evakoista |
| Illative | evakkoihin; evakoihin |
| Adessive | evakoilla |
| Ablative | evakoilta |
| Allative | evakoille |
| Essive | evakkoina |
| Translative | evakoiksi |
| Abessive | evakoitta |
| Instructive | evakoin |
| Comitative | evakkoine |
Sample Sentences
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Suomi vastaanotti Karjalasta yli 400.000 evakkoa. (Finland received more than 400,000 evacuees from Karelia.)
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evakkopaikka (evacuation site)
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Perheeni oli evakossa Siilinjärvellä. (My family was in evacuation in Siilinjärvi.)
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Kun sota syttyi, jouduimme evakkoon. (When the war broke out we were evacuated.)
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Pääsimme evakosta vuonna 1947. (Our evacuation ended in 1947.)
Etymology
Back-formation from evakoida, a variant of evakuoida with a simplified vowel cluster. Coined and popularized around 1940 at the end of the Winter War.
Nouns inflected like evakko
aallokko,
aavikko,
afaatikko,
agnostikko,
akateemikko,
aleksityymikko,
allergikko,
allikko,
analyytikko,
anorektikko,
asteenikko,
asteikko,
astmaatikko,
atleetikko,
atoopikko,
botaanikko,
buliimikko,
dementikko,
diabeetikko,
dieteetikko, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)