lokki
Finnish
Etymology
Cognate to Karelian lokka. Compare Estonian lõugas (“gull”)[1]. Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlokːi/, [ˈlo̞kːi]
- Rhymes: -okːi
- Syllabification(key): lok‧ki
Noun
lokki
- gull, seagull (any bird of the genus Larus within the family Laridae)
- (taxonomy) gull, seagull (any bird of the family Laridae)
- (colloquial) One that begs for handouts from their friends, particularly food or drink; a mooch.
Usage notes
In common usage the word lokki only refers to birds of genus Larus, but in taxonomy the term covers whole of the family Laridae.
Declension
| Inflection of lokki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lokki | lokit | |
| genitive | lokin | lokkien | |
| partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | |
| illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lokki | lokit | |
| accusative | nom. | lokki | lokit |
| gen. | lokin | ||
| genitive | lokin | lokkien | |
| partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | |
| inessive | lokissa | lokeissa | |
| elative | lokista | lokeista | |
| illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | |
| adessive | lokilla | lokeilla | |
| ablative | lokilta | lokeilta | |
| allative | lokille | lokeille | |
| essive | lokkina | lokkeina | |
| translative | lokiksi | lokeiksi | |
| instructive | — | lokein | |
| abessive | lokitta | lokeitta | |
| comitative | — | lokkeineen | |
| Possessive forms of lokki (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | lokkini | lokkimme |
| 2nd person | lokkisi | lokkinne |
| 3rd person | lokkinsa | |
Derived terms
- lokittaa
Compounds
Compounds
- aavikkolokki (“Leucophaeus modestus”)
- amerikanharmaalokki (“Larus smithsonianus”)
- amerikanisolokki (“Larus glaucescens”)
- amerikanmerilokki (“Larus occidentalis”)
- andienlokki (“Chroicocephalus serranus”)
- armenianlokki (“Larus armenicus”)
- aroharmaalokki (“Larus cachinnans”)
- eskimolokki (“Larus thayeri”)
- eteläamerikanlokki (“Chroicocephalus maculipennis”)
- etelänharmaalokki (“Larus michahellis”)
- etelänselkälokki (“Larus dominicanus”)
- grönlanninlokki (“Larus glaucoides”)
- harmaalokki (“Larus argentatus”)
- harmaapäälokki (“Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus”)
- hopealokki (“Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae”)
- isolokki (“Larus hyperboreus”)
- japaninlokki (“Larus crassirostris”)
- kaitanokkalokki (“Chroicocephalus genei”)
- kalalokki (“Larus canus”)
- kalifornianlokki (“Larus livens”)
- keisarilokki (“Larus pacificus”)
- keltajalkalokki (“Larus belcheri”)
- kiinannaurulokki (“Chroicocephalus saundersi”)
- kuusilokki (“Chroicocephalus philadelphia”)
- laavalokki (“Leucophaeus fuliginosus”)
- meksikonlokki (“Larus heermanni”)
- merilokki (“Larus marinus”)
- mongolianlokki (“Ichthyaetus relictus”)
- mustanmerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus melanocephalus”)
- mustapäälokki (“Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus”)
- namibianlokki (“Chroicocephalus hartlaubii”)
- naurulokki (“Chroicocephalus ridibundus”)
- nokilokki (“Ichthyaetus hemprichii”)
- nokisiipilokki (“Leucophaeus atricilla”)
- ohotanlokki (“Larus schistisagus”)
- pikkulokki (“Hydrocoloeus minutus”)
- preerialokki (“Larus californicus”)
- preerianaurulokki (“Leucophaeus pipixcan”)
- rapulokki (“Larus atlanticus”)
- rengasnokkalokki (“Larus delawarensis”)
- selkälokki (“Larus fuscus”)
- siperianharmaalokki (“Larus vegae”)
- tiibetinlokki (“Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus”)
- uudenseelanninlokki (“Chroicocephalus bulleri”)
- valkosilmälokki (“Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus”)
- välimerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus audouinii”)
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔhcɪ
Noun
lokki
- indefinite dative singular of lokkur