lokki
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Karelian lokka. Compare Estonian lõugas (“gull”).[1] Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lokki
- gull, seagull (any bird of the genus Larus within the family Laridae)
- (taxonomy) gull, seagull (any bird of the family Laridae)
- (colloquial) One that begs for handouts from their friends, particularly food or drink; a mooch.
Usage notes edit
In common usage the word lokki only refers to birds of genus Larus, but in taxonomy the term covers whole of the family Laridae.
Declension edit
Inflection of lokki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lokki | lokit | ||
genitive | lokin | lokkien | ||
partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | ||
illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lokki | lokit | ||
accusative | nom. | lokki | lokit | |
gen. | lokin | |||
genitive | lokin | lokkien | ||
partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | ||
inessive | lokissa | lokeissa | ||
elative | lokista | lokeista | ||
illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | ||
adessive | lokilla | lokeilla | ||
ablative | lokilta | lokeilta | ||
allative | lokille | lokeille | ||
essive | lokkina | lokkeina | ||
translative | lokiksi | lokeiksi | ||
abessive | lokitta | lokeitta | ||
instructive | — | lokein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
- aavikkolokki (“Leucophaeus modestus”)
- amerikanharmaalokki (“Larus smithsonianus”)
- amerikanmerilokki (“Larus occidentalis”)
- andienlokki (“Chroicocephalus serranus”)
- armenianlokki (“Larus armenicus”)
- eskimolokki (“Larus thayeri”)
- eteläamerikanlokki (“Chroicocephalus maculipennis”)
- grönlanninlokki (“Larus glaucoides”)
- harmaalokki (“Larus argentatus”)
- harmaapäälokki (“Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus”)
- hopealokki (“Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae”)
- isolokki (“Larus hyperboreus”)
- japaninlokki (“Larus crassirostris”)
- jäälokki
- kaitanokkalokki (“Chroicocephalus genei”)
- kalalokki (“Larus canus”)
- kalifornianlokki (“Larus livens”)
- keisarilokki (“Larus pacificus”)
- keltajalkalokki (“Larus belcheri”)
- kuusilokki (“Chroicocephalus philadelphia”)
- laavalokki (“Leucophaeus fuliginosus”)
- lokinpaska
- lokinsiipi
- lokkilapamato
- lokkilintu
- lokkiparvi
- meksikonlokki (“Larus heermanni”)
- merilokki (“Larus marinus”)
- mongolianlokki (“Ichthyaetus relictus”)
- mustanmerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus melanocephalus”)
- mustapäälokki (“Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus”)
- namibianlokki (“Chroicocephalus hartlaubii”)
- naurulokki (“Chroicocephalus ridibundus”)
- nokilokki (“Ichthyaetus hemprichii”)
- nokisiipilokki (“Leucophaeus atricilla”)
- ohotanlokki (“Larus schistisagus”)
- pikkulokki (“Hydrocoloeus minutus”)
- preerialokki (“Larus californicus”)
- rapulokki (“Larus atlanticus”)
- rengasnokkalokki (“Larus delawarensis”)
- selkälokki (“Larus fuscus”)
- siperianharmaalokki (“Larus vegae”)
- tiibetinlokki (“Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus”)
- uudenseelanninlokki (“Chroicocephalus bulleri”)
- valkosilmälokki (“Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus”)
- välimerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus audouinii”)
References edit
Further reading edit
- “lokki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔhcɪ
Noun edit
lokki