härkä
‘ox's’ · runosong lemma · Finnish noun
| English gloss | ox's |
|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun |
| Language | Finnish |
| Total occurrences | 5,232 |
| By corpus | SKVR 3,073, JR 2,018, KR 109 poems, ERAB 0 |
The counts in this table cover all attested spellings of this lemma, not only the headword form; all are word occurrences, except the KR figure in the By corpus row, which counts poems.
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Attested wordforms
härkä, härk, hällöin, härjät, hällöi, hällön, härkee, härki, härkäs, härkäsellä, härrään, herk, härka, häriämmät, härgiä, taurin, härkii, rä, ärri, härräät, härjäp, härkäjen, härri, voajan, härkilöillä, härkintä, härkkän, häräŋ, vouvvin, härjäm, oxaselle, teukka, ärrän, hirikolla, härgeä, härgie, härjäh, härkösesi, härskän, rän … and 243 more of 283 attested forms
English senses in context
How the AI analysis rendered this lemma in English, as a share of the entry’s analyzed uses. The analysis groups a lemma with its variant and cognate spellings, so close cognates can share one profile.
| Sense | Share |
|---|---|
| ox | 50.6% |
| oxen | 32.7% |
| ox's | 9.9% |
| bull | 2.6% |
| don't | 1.2% |
| bull's | 1.0% |
| bulls | 0.7% |
| oxen's | 0.5% |
| little | 0.4% |
| rams | 0.1% |
Example verses
- satasarv oli hiitten härkä (SKVR I1 26.) read in context
Hiisi's hundred-horned ox - satasarv on hiitten härkä (SKVR I1 26 a).) read in context
The hundred-horned Hiisi-bull - ompa härkä pohjolassa (SKVR I1 96.) read in context
There's an ox in Northland, - härkä häjy sarvittah (SKVR I1 113.) read in context
Fierce ox with horns, - satasarv oli hiitten härkä (SKVR I1 156.) read in context
Hundred-horned Hiisi-ox - satasarv on hiitten härkä (SKVR I1 156 a).) read in context
Hiisi's hundred-horned bull - sata sarvi hiien härkä (SKVR I1 449.) read in context
Hiisi's hundred-horned bull - sata sarvi hiien härkä (SKVR I1 449 a).) read in context
Hiisi's hundred-horned bull
Companion words
Words that co-occur with this lemma inside the same verse line more often than chance predicts, ranked by log-likelihood (G²) over verse-level co-occurrence in SKVR, KR, JR and ERAB; only pairs seen at least 3 times.
| Word | Association (G²) | Co-occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| juoda | 3,509 | 529 |
| missä | 3,437 | 583 |
| ryypätä | 2,776 | 262 |
| vesi | 1,828 | 551 |
| tappaa | 1,583 | 271 |
| häme | 1,250 | 139 |
| sarvi | 1,126 | 185 |
| hämeenlinna | 800 | 89 |
Song types
Song types of the poems attesting this lemma, as catalogued per poem in the source corpora (ERAB type names are in Estonian, SKVR names in Finnish; JR and KR poems carry no song-type record).
| Song type | Poems |
|---|---|
| Ken söi kesävoin? | 305 |
| Iso härkä | 112 |
| Tuuti lasta nukkumaan, lapsenpiika torkkumaan | 72 |
| Pukin paimentaminen | 67 |
| Hiiri metsähän menevi | 66 |
| Hämeen ihmeet | 58 |
| Mikä kirkko? - Ryssän kirkko. | 53 |
| Kultaneito | 34 |
Collection places
Where the poems attesting this lemma were collected; each count is the number of attesting poems recorded at that place.
| Place | Poems |
|---|---|
| Vuokkiniemi | 55 |
| Uskela | 44 |
| Kontokki | 39 |
| Narvusi | 37 |
| Soikkola | 37 |
| Lempaala | 25 |
| Sakkola | 23 |
| Kivennapa | 21 |
| Uhtua | 20 |
| Hattula | 20 |
Attestation over time
Poems attesting this lemma by decade of collection or publication; undated poems are not shown.
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1690–1699 | 2 |
| 1700–1709 | 7 |
| 1730–1739 | 2 |
| 1740–1749 | 1 |
| 1770–1779 | 1 |
| 1780–1789 | 8 |
| 1800–1809 | 2 |
| 1810–1819 | 8 |
| 1820–1829 | 28 |
| 1830–1839 | 82 |
| 1840–1849 | 122 |
| 1850–1859 | 87 |
| 1860–1869 | 6 |
| 1870–1879 | 34 |
| 1880–1889 | 185 |
| 1890–1899 | 155 |
| 1900–1909 | 176 |
| 1910–1919 | 391 |
| 1920–1929 | 132 |
| 1930–1939 | 369 |
| 1940–1949 | 70 |
| 1950–1959 | 49 |
| 1960–1969 | 59 |
Collectors
The collectors who most often recorded poems attesting this lemma.
| Collector | Poems |
|---|---|
| Elias Lönnrot | 148 |
| Eemeli Vihervaara | 63 |
| Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori | 61 |
| Hämeenlinnan alakansakouluseminaari | 50 |
| Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys | 39 |
Poems attesting this lemma (60 / 1,981)
- SKVR: SKVR I1 26., SKVR I1 26 a)., SKVR I1 96., SKVR I1 113., SKVR I1 156., SKVR I1 156 a)., SKVR I1 449., SKVR I1 449 a)., SKVR I1 597 a)., SKVR I1 615., SKVR I1 647., SKVR I1 664., SKVR I1 686., SKVR I1 687., SKVR I2 702., SKVR I2 703., SKVR I2 706., SKVR I2 728., SKVR I2 728 a)., SKVR I2 749., SKVR I2 754., SKVR I2 758., SKVR I2 784., SKVR I2 858., SKVR I2 859., SKVR I2 885., SKVR I2 891., SKVR I2 892., SKVR I2 893., SKVR I2 894., SKVR I2 895., SKVR I2 897., SKVR I2 898., SKVR I2 899., SKVR I2 900., SKVR I2 901., SKVR I2 902., SKVR I2 903., SKVR I2 904., SKVR I2 945., SKVR I2 1019., SKVR I2 1035., SKVR I2 1096., SKVR I2 1098., SKVR I2 1113., SKVR I2 1165., SKVR I2 1165 a)., SKVR I2 1166., SKVR I2 1167., SKVR I2 1183., SKVR I2 1184., SKVR I2 erill. [Iso härkä] 1., SKVR I3 1364., SKVR I3 1844., SKVR I3 1869., SKVR I3 1870., SKVR I3 1871., SKVR I3 1873., SKVR I3 1874., SKVR I3 1885.
Related lemmas
- Estonian cognate: härg
About this profile
The counts and examples on this page come from the lemmatized text of four Finnic runosong corpora: SKVR, JR, KR and ERAB. English senses come from an AI analysis of the corpus; song types, collection places, collectors and dates follow each poem's own catalogue record.