kilkki
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kilkki (“(very) small animal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kilkki
Declension
| Inflection of kilkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kilkki | kilkit | |
| genitive | kilkin | kilkkien | |
| partitive | kilkkiä | kilkkejä | |
| illative | kilkkiin | kilkkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kilkki | kilkit | |
| accusative | nom. | kilkki | kilkit |
| gen. | kilkin | ||
| genitive | kilkin | kilkkien | |
| partitive | kilkkiä | kilkkejä | |
| inessive | kilkissä | kilkeissä | |
| elative | kilkistä | kilkeistä | |
| illative | kilkkiin | kilkkeihin | |
| adessive | kilkillä | kilkeillä | |
| ablative | kilkiltä | kilkeiltä | |
| allative | kilkille | kilkeille | |
| essive | kilkkinä | kilkkeinä | |
| translative | kilkiksi | kilkeiksi | |
| abessive | kilkittä | kilkeittä | |
| instructive | — | kilkein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- kaaskainen (dialectal, Perämeri region)
Further reading
- “kilkki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02