muikku
See also: Muikku
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
mui- + -kku; a diminutive derivation of muja-, from which muikea and muje are also derived.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muikku
- vendace, Coregonus albula (Eurasian species of fish in the Salmonidae family)
- Used also of some closely related North-American Coregonus species called cisco, usually as part of a compound term as in amerikanmuikku (“Coregonus artedi”).
Usage notes edit
With the exception of Coregonus albula the Eurasian fish of the genus Coregonus are usually called siika (“whitefish”) in Finnish. The usage concerning North-American species is variable.
Declension edit
Inflection of muikku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | muikku | muikut | ||
genitive | muikun | muikkujen | ||
partitive | muikkua | muikkuja | ||
illative | muikkuun | muikkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | muikku | muikut | ||
accusative | nom. | muikku | muikut | |
gen. | muikun | |||
genitive | muikun | muikkujen | ||
partitive | muikkua | muikkuja | ||
inessive | muikussa | muikuissa | ||
elative | muikusta | muikuista | ||
illative | muikkuun | muikkuihin | ||
adessive | muikulla | muikuilla | ||
ablative | muikulta | muikuilta | ||
allative | muikulle | muikuille | ||
essive | muikkuna | muikkuina | ||
translative | muikuksi | muikuiksi | ||
abessive | muikutta | muikuitta | ||
instructive | — | muikuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Interjection edit
muikku
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “muikku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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