sirri
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsirːi/, [ˈs̠irːi]
- Rhymes: -irːi
- Syllabification(key): sir‧ri
Noun
sirri
- sandpiper, stint, knot, dunlin (small wading birds primarily in the genus Calidris but also in three related genera Eurynorhynchus, Aechmorhynchus and Prosobonia, see list below under Derived terms)
- In plural (sirrit) the genus Calidris.
Usage notes
In addition to the genera listed above, in English "sandpiper" appears in common names of birds also in genera Bartramia, Tringa, Xenus and Actitis.
Declension
| Inflection of sirri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sirri | sirrit | |
| genitive | sirrin | sirrien | |
| partitive | sirriä | sirrejä | |
| illative | sirriin | sirreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sirri | sirrit | |
| accusative | nom. | sirri | sirrit |
| gen. | sirrin | ||
| genitive | sirrin | sirrien | |
| partitive | sirriä | sirrejä | |
| inessive | sirrissä | sirreissä | |
| elative | sirristä | sirreistä | |
| illative | sirriin | sirreihin | |
| adessive | sirrillä | sirreillä | |
| ablative | sirriltä | sirreiltä | |
| allative | sirrille | sirreille | |
| essive | sirrinä | sirreinä | |
| translative | sirriksi | sirreiksi | |
| instructive | — | sirrein | |
| abessive | sirrittä | sirreittä | |
| comitative | — | sirreineen | |
| Possessive forms of sirri (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sirrini | sirrimme |
| 2nd person | sirrisi | sirrinne |
| 3rd person | sirrinsä | |
Derived terms
- silmät sirrillään
Compounds
- amerikansirri, Calidris minutilla (least sandpiper)
- beringinsirri, Calidris ptilocnemis (rock sandpiper)
- eskimosirri, Calidris bairdii (Baird’s sandpiper)
- isosirri, Calidris canutus (red knot)
- kanadansirri, Calidris pusilla (semipalmated sandpiper)
- kuovisirri, Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper)
- lapinsirri, Calidris temminckii (Temminck’s stint)
- merisirri, Calidris maritima (purple sandpiper)
- palsasirri, Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper)
- pikkusirri, Calidris minuta (little stint)
- pitkäkoipisirri, Calidris himantopus (stilt-sandpiper)
- pulmussirri, Calidris alba (sanderling)
- rusokaulasirri, Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint)
- siperiansirri, Calidris subminuta (long-toed stint)
- suippopyrstösirri, Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper)
- suosirri, Calidris alpina (dunlin)
- tundrasirri, Calidris mauri (western sandpiper)
- valkoperäsirri, Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper)
- vuorisirri, Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
- lusikkasirri, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (spoon-billed sandpiper)
- kiritimatinsirri, Aechmorhynchus cancellatus (Kiritimati sandpiper)
- tuamotunsirri, Aechmorhynchus parvirostris (Tuamotu sandpiper)
- mooreansirri, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorean sandpiper)
- tahitinsirri, Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti sandpiper)
- polynesiansirri (bird of the genus Aechmorhynchus)
- seurasaartensirri (bird of the genus Prosobonia)
Related terms
- jänkäsirriäinen