Kūolka

Variations of Kol̃ka start appearing in documents only from around 18th century, before that the geographical feature was called Domesnes for several centuries. The term is a common Finnic lexeme meaning "corner" – Estonian kolgas, kolk, Finnish kolkka. In Estonian usage in the sense "gulf, bay" is attested. Since in Livonian this lexeme is attested only as a toponym it possible that it is a borrowing from Estonian.^[1]

A variation of the earlier name has been mentioned as Tumisnis (together with Simkala – "Semigallia, Zemgale") on the 11th century Mervallastenen rune stone – the earliest attested explicit mention of a Latvian geographical feature in any written source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːolkɑ/, [ˈkuˑo̯lkɑ]

Kūolka

1. Kolka (a village in Courland, Latvia)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “Kūolka”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     Kūolka – Kūolka – Kolka

     Kolka – Kolka – Kolka

• Kūolka nanā
• Kūolka kõlā