muikku
Finnish
(index mu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuikːu/
- Hyphenation: muik‧ku
Noun
muikku
- vendace, Coregonus albula (Eurasian species of fish in the Salmonidae family)
- 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/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 | |
| instructive | — | muikuin | |
| abessive | muikutta | muikuitta | |
| comitative | — | muikkuineen | |
Synonyms
- hota
- hottamuikku
- maiva
- neulamuikku
- muje
- rääpynen
Derived terms
- amerikanmuikku
- siperianmuikku
See also
- Kitkan viisas
- sano muikku