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Definition 2024
muikku
muikku
Finnish
(index mu)
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”).
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 | |
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.