muikku

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Etymology

mui- +‎ -kku; a diminutive derivation of muja-, from which muikea and muje are also derived.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

muikku

  1. vendace, Coregonus albula (Eurasian species of fish in the Salmonidae family)
  2. 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)
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.
Possessive forms of muikku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative muikkuni muikkuni
accusative nom. muikkuni muikkuni
gen. muikkuni
genitive muikkuni muikkujeni
partitive muikkuani muikkujani
inessive muikussani muikuissani
elative muikustani muikuistani
illative muikkuuni muikkuihini
adessive muikullani muikuillani
ablative muikultani muikuiltani
allative muikulleni muikuilleni
essive muikkunani muikkuinani
translative muikukseni muikuikseni
abessive muikuttani muikuittani
instructive
comitative muikkuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative muikkusi muikkusi
accusative nom. muikkusi muikkusi
gen. muikkusi
genitive muikkusi muikkujesi
partitive muikkuasi muikkujasi
inessive muikussasi muikuissasi
elative muikustasi muikuistasi
illative muikkuusi muikkuihisi
adessive muikullasi muikuillasi
ablative muikultasi muikuiltasi
allative muikullesi muikuillesi
essive muikkunasi muikkuinasi
translative muikuksesi muikuiksesi
abessive muikuttasi muikuittasi
instructive
comitative muikkuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muikkumme muikkumme
accusative nom. muikkumme muikkumme
gen. muikkumme
genitive muikkumme muikkujemme
partitive muikkuamme muikkujamme
inessive muikussamme muikuissamme
elative muikustamme muikuistamme
illative muikkuumme muikkuihimme
adessive muikullamme muikuillamme
ablative muikultamme muikuiltamme
allative muikullemme muikuillemme
essive muikkunamme muikkuinamme
translative muikuksemme muikuiksemme
abessive muikuttamme muikuittamme
instructive
comitative muikkuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muikkunne muikkunne
accusative nom. muikkunne muikkunne
gen. muikkunne
genitive muikkunne muikkujenne
partitive muikkuanne muikkujanne
inessive muikussanne muikuissanne
elative muikustanne muikuistanne
illative muikkuunne muikkuihinne
adessive muikullanne muikuillanne
ablative muikultanne muikuiltanne
allative muikullenne muikuillenne
essive muikkunanne muikkuinanne
translative muikuksenne muikuiksenne
abessive muikuttanne muikuittanne
instructive
comitative muikkuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative muikkunsa muikkunsa
accusative nom. muikkunsa muikkunsa
gen. muikkunsa
genitive muikkunsa muikkujensa
partitive muikkuaan
muikkuansa
muikkujaan
muikkujansa
inessive muikussaan
muikussansa
muikuissaan
muikuissansa
elative muikustaan
muikustansa
muikuistaan
muikuistansa
illative muikkuunsa muikkuihinsa
adessive muikullaan
muikullansa
muikuillaan
muikuillansa
ablative muikultaan
muikultansa
muikuiltaan
muikuiltansa
allative muikulleen
muikullensa
muikuilleen
muikuillensa
essive muikkunaan
muikkunansa
muikkuinaan
muikkuinansa
translative muikukseen
muikuksensa
muikuikseen
muikuiksensa
abessive muikuttaan
muikuttansa
muikuittaan
muikuittansa
instructive
comitative muikkuineen
muikkuinensa

Synonyms

See also

Interjection

muikku

  1. (photography) cheese!

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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