sillisiika
Finnish
Etymology
silli (“herring”) + siika (“whitefish”); derived from the taxonomic name, which refers to the herring-like appearance of the fish.
Noun
sillisiika
- lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis (North American species of freshwater whitefish)
Declension
| Inflection of sillisiika (Kotus type 9/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 sillisiikainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sillisiioin | |
| abessive | sillisiiatta | sillisiioitta | |
| comitative | — | sillisiikoineen | |
Synonyms
- kanadansiika