viklo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic. Related to Estonian vigle, Karelian vikli and Ludian vigli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
viklo
- Any small wading bird of the genus Tringa; the individual species within the genus are commonly called sandpipers, redshanks, greenshanks, yellowlegs, tattlers and willets in English.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of viklo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | viklo | viklot | ||
genitive | viklon | viklojen | ||
partitive | vikloa | vikloja | ||
illative | vikloon | vikloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | viklo | viklot | ||
accusative | nom. | viklo | viklot | |
gen. | viklon | |||
genitive | viklon | viklojen | ||
partitive | vikloa | vikloja | ||
inessive | viklossa | vikloissa | ||
elative | viklosta | vikloista | ||
illative | vikloon | vikloihin | ||
adessive | viklolla | vikloilla | ||
ablative | viklolta | vikloilta | ||
allative | viklolle | vikloille | ||
essive | viklona | vikloina | ||
translative | vikloksi | vikloiksi | ||
abessive | viklotta | vikloitta | ||
instructive | — | vikloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
- amerikanmetsäviklo, Tringa solitaria (solitary sandpiper)
- amerikanviklo, Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs)
- keltajalkaviklo, Tringa flavipes (lesser yellowlegs)
- lampiviklo, Tringa stagnatilis (marsh sandpiper)
- metsäviklo, Tringa ochropus (green sandpiper)
- mustaviklo, Tringa erythropus (spotted redshank)
- punajalkaviklo, Tringa totanus (common redshank)
- täpläviklo, Tringa guttifer (Nordmann’s greenshank)
- valkoviklo, Tringa nebularia (common greenshank)
- taigaviklo, Tringa brevipes (grey-tailed tattler)
- harmaaviklo, Tringa incana (wandering tattler)
- preeriaviklo, Tringa semipalmata (willet)
Further reading[edit]
- “viklo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04