joukahainen

See also: Joukahainen

Finnish

Etymology

Probably ultimately a variant of or from joutsen, although the exact development is unclear; for at least the -k-, compare dialectal joeksin, joeksen, jouksin (southwestern Finnish dialects).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjou̯kɑhɑi̯nen/, [ˈjo̞u̯kɑ̝ˌhɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑinen
• Syllabification^(key): jou‧ka‧hai‧nen

Noun

joukahainen (dialectal, Lapland, Westrobothnia)

1. swan, specifically the whooper swan

Synonyms

• joutsen

References

• “joukahainen”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.