# sakuska
## English
### Noun

sakuska (plural sakuski or sakuskas)
* Alternative form of zakuska.
** 1883 August 17, Alfred Thompson in Boston Herald, “A Restaurant in Moscow”, in Wisconsin State Journal, volume XXXI, number 309, Madison, Wis.: David Atwood, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 3:Before beginning dinner, come to the bar and try the sakuska. No Russian dines without taking his glass of vodka, and, prodding a fork into a multitude of snacks of all kinds, caviare, cold meats, bits of fried fish, raw fish, pickled fish, edible mushrooms, dubious toadstools, anchovies, mawns, cucumbers, onions, and radishes; for a copecks you may clear the lot and have your go of spirits. As long as the fork is clean and the tit-bits are dry, the sakuska is a good relish before starting; […]
** 1914, Fridtjof Nansen, translated by Arthur G[rosvenor] Chater, “Nosonovski Pesok and the Samoyedes”, in Through Siberia, the Land of the Future, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 106:They seemed to know all about fishing and how to treat the fish. Most of it was cleaned, washed, and salted in barrels; but a small quantity was dried, and their house was full of fish hanging from the roof to dry; these would be tit-bits for the monks at home; with a drop of good spirits these fat dried fish are not bad and do very well for sakuska (hors-d’œuvre) in a convent.
** 1935 April 8, The American Housewife’s Bureau, “Fruit with Meat”, in Arthur I[gnatius] Judge, editor, The Canning Trade: The Journal of the Canning and Allied Industries, volume 57, number 35, Baltimore, Md., →OCLC, page 22, column 2:The sakuski, or elaborate hors d’oeuvres, were but a prologue, and the succession of wines but an epilogue, to this dramatically staged and emotionally eaten course.
** 1960 October 14, [Carlos Brogdon] Embry, quoting an item put out by the Hotel Kempinski, “Foreign Restaurants Offer Menu of Delightful Food Variety”, in Carlos B. Embry, editor, Grayson County News, volume 21, number 43, Leitchfield, Ky.: The Embry Newspapers, Inc., →OCLC, page 3, column 2:If a visitor should take away the bill of fare of a restaurant or a hotel as a souvenir, he would probably evoke some surprise at home. For it would list Wiener Schnitzel and Hungarian goulasch, the Swedish platter and Italian polenta, English roast beef and Turkish pilaff, works of French culinary art and Russian sakuska . . .
** 1961, Arthur Beeby-Thompson, “The Baku Oilfields of Russia”, in Black Gold: The Story of an Oil Pioneer […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:A kindly British resident, Stuart, met me, and drove me in a troika to a restaurant where I had my first taste of vodka, sakuskas (glorified hors d’œuvre), borsch (cabbage soup) and peroshkies (meat pies), after which he took me to the railway station and settled me into the train for Baku.
** 1979, “Vodka”, in Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery, 1st revised edition, volume 22 (Veal–Zwieback), [New York, N.Y.]: CBS Publications, →OCLC, page 51:Distilled from a grain mash (only in Eastern Europe is a potato mash sometimes used), vodka has no definite taste or aroma, but Russians, Poles, and other Slavic people toss their vodka down in thimble-size glasses, accompanied by sakuski or appetizers.
** 1983, Kemp Tolley, “We Meet the People”, in Caviar and Commissars: The Experiences of a U.S. Naval Officer in Stalin’s Russia, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 171:In both cases mess tables groaned with a great assortment of sakuski, punctuated by many bottles of vodka, to be accompanied by endless toasts and complimentary speeches.
** 1995, Birgit Borowski, Bernhard Pollman, translated by Brenda Ferris, James Hogarth, and Julie Waller, “Restaurants”, in Moscow (Baedeker), 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Travel, →ISBN, page 172:Usually packed, this cramped and noisy cellar bar has excellent sakuski; gypsy music.
** 1999, Ingo Schulze, translated by John E[dwin] Woods, chapter 18, in 33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 157:I sat down by the window and read the menu in disbelief, for along with borscht and sakuski, egg salad and bread, it offered pelmeni, schnitzel, and roast chicken.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian заку́ска (zakúska, “appetizer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑkuskɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝kus̠kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkuskɑ
* Hyphenation: sa‧kus‧ka

### Noun

sakuska
* (slang or dialectal) appetizer

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sakuska (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sakuskani
sakuskani
accusative
nom.
sakuskani
sakuskani
gen.
sakuskani
genitive
sakuskani
sakuskoideni sakuskoitteni sakuskojeni sakuskaini $^{rare}$
partitive
sakuskaani
sakuskoitani sakuskojani
inessive
sakuskassani
sakuskoissani
elative
sakuskastani
sakuskoistani
illative
sakuskaani
sakuskoihini
adessive
sakuskallani
sakuskoillani
ablative
sakuskaltani
sakuskoiltani
allative
sakuskalleni
sakuskoilleni
essive
sakuskanani
sakuskoinani
translative
sakuskakseni
sakuskoikseni
abessive
sakuskattani
sakuskoittani
instructive
comitative
—sakuskoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sakuskasi
sakuskasi
accusative
nom.
sakuskasi
sakuskasi
gen.
sakuskasi
genitive
sakuskasi
sakuskoidesi sakuskoittesi sakuskojesi sakuskaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
sakuskaasi
sakuskoitasi sakuskojasi
inessive
sakuskassasi
sakuskoissasi
elative
sakuskastasi
sakuskoistasi
illative
sakuskaasi
sakuskoihisi
adessive
sakuskallasi
sakuskoillasi
ablative
sakuskaltasi
sakuskoiltasi
allative
sakuskallesi
sakuskoillesi
essive
sakuskanasi
sakuskoinasi
translative
sakuskaksesi
sakuskoiksesi
abessive
sakuskattasi
sakuskoittasi
instructive
comitative
—sakuskoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sakuskamme
sakuskamme
accusative
nom.
sakuskamme
sakuskamme
gen.
sakuskamme
genitive
sakuskamme
sakuskoidemme sakuskoittemme sakuskojemme sakuskaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
sakuskaamme
sakuskoitamme sakuskojamme
inessive
sakuskassamme
sakuskoissamme
elative
sakuskastamme
sakuskoistamme
illative
sakuskaamme
sakuskoihimme
adessive
sakuskallamme
sakuskoillamme
ablative
sakuskaltamme
sakuskoiltamme
allative
sakuskallemme
sakuskoillemme
essive
sakuskanamme
sakuskoinamme
translative
sakuskaksemme
sakuskoiksemme
abessive
sakuskattamme
sakuskoittamme
instructive
comitative
—sakuskoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sakuskanne
sakuskanne
accusative
nom.
sakuskanne
sakuskanne
gen.
sakuskanne
genitive
sakuskanne
sakuskoidenne sakuskoittenne sakuskojenne sakuskainne $^{rare}$
partitive
sakuskaanne
sakuskoitanne sakuskojanne
inessive
sakuskassanne
sakuskoissanne
elative
sakuskastanne
sakuskoistanne
illative
sakuskaanne
sakuskoihinne
adessive
sakuskallanne
sakuskoillanne
ablative
sakuskaltanne
sakuskoiltanne
allative
sakuskallenne
sakuskoillenne
essive
sakuskananne
sakuskoinanne
translative
sakuskaksenne
sakuskoiksenne
abessive
sakuskattanne
sakuskoittanne
instructive
comitative
—sakuskoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sakuskansa
sakuskansa
accusative
nom.
sakuskansa
sakuskansa
gen.
sakuskansa
genitive
sakuskansa
sakuskoidensa sakuskoittensa sakuskojensa sakuskainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
sakuskaansa
sakuskoitaan sakuskojaan sakuskoitansa sakuskojansa
inessive
sakuskassaan sakuskassansa
sakuskoissaan sakuskoissansa
elative
sakuskastaan sakuskastansa
sakuskoistaan sakuskoistansa
illative
sakuskaansa
sakuskoihinsa
adessive
sakuskallaan sakuskallansa
sakuskoillaan sakuskoillansa
ablative
sakuskaltaan sakuskaltansa
sakuskoiltaan sakuskoiltansa
allative
sakuskalleen sakuskallensa
sakuskoilleen sakuskoillensa
essive
sakuskanaan sakuskanansa
sakuskoinaan sakuskoinansa
translative
sakuskakseen sakuskaksensa
sakuskoikseen sakuskoiksensa
abessive
sakuskattaan sakuskattansa
sakuskoittaan sakuskoittansa
instructive
comitative
—sakuskoineen sakuskoinensa :

### Further reading

* “sakuska”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* kukassa, sakkaus