sillisiika

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Finnish

Etymology

silli (herring) +‎ siika (whitefish); derived from the taxonomic name, which refers to the herring-like appearance of the fish.

Pronunciation

Noun

sillisiika

  1. lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis (North American species of freshwater whitefish)

Declension

Inflection of sillisiika (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)
nominative sillisiika sillisiiat
genitive sillisiian sillisiikojen
partitive sillisiikaa sillisiikoja
illative sillisiikaan sillisiikoihin
singular plural
nominative sillisiika sillisiiat
accusative nom. sillisiika sillisiiat
gen. sillisiian
genitive sillisiian sillisiikojen
sillisiikain rare
partitive sillisiikaa sillisiikoja
inessive sillisiiassa sillisiioissa
elative sillisiiasta sillisiioista
illative sillisiikaan sillisiikoihin
adessive sillisiialla sillisiioilla
ablative sillisiialta sillisiioilta
allative sillisiialle sillisiioille
essive sillisiikana sillisiikoina
translative sillisiiaksi sillisiioiksi
abessive sillisiiatta sillisiioitta
instructive sillisiioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sillisiika (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)

Synonyms