muikku
Finnish
Etymology
A diminutive derivation of muja-, from which muikea and muje are also derived.[1]
Pronunciation
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 (“Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.”).
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. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Interjection
Derived terms
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN