muikku
See also: Muikku
Finnish
Etymology
mui- + -kku; a diminutive derivation of muja-, from which muikea and muje are also derived.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmui̯kːu/, [ˈmui̯kːu]
- Rhymes: -uikːu
- Syllabification(key): muik‧ku
Noun
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
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
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. |
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See also
Derived terms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “muikku”, 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
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