kuikku

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Finnish

Etymology

kuikka +‎ -u

Pronunciation

Noun

kuikku (dialectal, rare)

  1. black-throated diver
    Synonym: kuikka

Derived terms

Anagrams

Livvi

Kuikku.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuikka, of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include Finnish kuikka and Karelian kuikka.

Pronunciation

Noun

kuikku (genitive kuikan, partitive kuikkua)

  1. loon, diver

Declension

Declension of kuikku (Type 4/hukku, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative kuikku kuikat
genitive kuikan kuikiin
partitive kuikkua kuikkii
illative kuikkah kuikkiih
inessive kuikas kuikiis
elative kuikaspäi kuikiispäi
allative kuikale kuikiile
adessive kuikal kuikiil
ablative kuikalpäi kuikiilpäi
translative kuikakse kuikiikse
essive kuikannu kuikiinnu
abessive kuikattah kuikiittah
comitative kuikanke kuikiinke
instructive kuikiin
prolative kuikači

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kuikku”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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