sikuri
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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish cikoria, from German Zichorie, from Italian cicoria.
Pronunciation
Noun
sikuri
- chicory (plant of the genus Cichorium)
- common chicory, chicory, Cichorium intybus (name species of that genus)
- chicory (coffee substitute)
Declension
| Inflection of sikuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sikuri | sikurit | |
| genitive | sikurin | sikurien sikureiden sikureitten | |
| partitive | sikuria | sikureita sikureja | |
| illative | sikuriin | sikureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sikuri | sikurit | |
| accusative | nom. | sikuri | sikurit |
| gen. | sikurin | ||
| genitive | sikurin | sikurien sikureiden sikureitten | |
| partitive | sikuria | sikureita sikureja | |
| inessive | sikurissa | sikureissa | |
| elative | sikurista | sikureista | |
| illative | sikuriin | sikureihin | |
| adessive | sikurilla | sikureilla | |
| ablative | sikurilta | sikureilta | |
| allative | sikurille | sikureille | |
| essive | sikurina | sikureina | |
| translative | sikuriksi | sikureiksi | |
| abessive | sikuritta | sikureitta | |
| instructive | — | sikurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (genus): sikurikasvi
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sikuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsikuri/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsikuːri/,
- Rhymes: -ikurʲ, -ikuːri
- Hyphenation: si‧ku‧ri
- Homophone: sikori
Noun
sikuri
Declension
| Declension of sikuri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sikuri | sikurit |
| genitive | sikurin | sikuriin, sikuriloin |
| partitive | sikuria | sikurija, sikuriloja |
| illative | sikurii | sikurii, sikuriloihe |
| inessive | sikuriis | sikuriis, sikurilois |
| elative | sikurist | sikuriist, sikuriloist |
| allative | sikurille | sikuriille, sikuriloille |
| adessive | sikuriil | sikuriil, sikuriloil |
| ablative | sikurilt | sikuriilt, sikuriloilt |
| translative | sikuriks | sikuriiks, sikuriloiks |
| essive | sikurinna, sikuriin | sikuriinna, sikuriloinna, sikuriin, sikuriloin |
| exessive1) | sikurint | sikuriint, sikuriloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 524