lokki
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Karelian lokka. Compare Estonian lõugas (“gull”).[1] Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lokki
- gull, seagull (any bird of the genus Larus within the family Laridae)
- (taxonomy) gull, seagull (any bird of the family Laridae)
- (colloquial) One that begs for handouts from their friends, particularly food or drink; a mooch.
Usage notes
[edit]In common usage the word lokki only refers to birds of genus Larus, but in taxonomy the term covers whole of the family Laridae.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lokki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | lokki | lokit | |
genitive | lokin | lokkien | |
partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | |
illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lokki | lokit | |
accusative | nom. | lokki | lokit |
gen. | lokin | ||
genitive | lokin | lokkien | |
partitive | lokkia | lokkeja | |
inessive | lokissa | lokeissa | |
elative | lokista | lokeista | |
illative | lokkiin | lokkeihin | |
adessive | lokilla | lokeilla | |
ablative | lokilta | lokeilta | |
allative | lokille | lokeille | |
essive | lokkina | lokkeina | |
translative | lokiksi | lokeiksi | |
abessive | lokitta | lokeitta | |
instructive | — | lokein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- aavikkolokki (“Leucophaeus modestus”)
- amerikanharmaalokki (“Larus smithsonianus”)
- amerikanmerilokki (“Larus occidentalis”)
- andienlokki (“Chroicocephalus serranus”)
- armenianlokki (“Larus armenicus”)
- eskimolokki (“Larus thayeri”)
- eteläamerikanlokki (“Chroicocephalus maculipennis”)
- grönlanninlokki (“Larus glaucoides”)
- harmaalokki (“Larus argentatus”)
- harmaapäälokki (“Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus”)
- hopealokki (“Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae”)
- isolokki (“Larus hyperboreus”)
- japaninlokki (“Larus crassirostris”)
- jäälokki
- kaitanokkalokki (“Chroicocephalus genei”)
- kalalokki (“Larus canus”)
- kalifornianlokki (“Larus livens”)
- keisarilokki (“Larus pacificus”)
- keltajalkalokki (“Larus belcheri”)
- kuusilokki (“Chroicocephalus philadelphia”)
- laavalokki (“Leucophaeus fuliginosus”)
- lokinpaska
- lokinsiipi
- lokkilapamato
- lokkilintu
- lokkiparvi
- meksikonlokki (“Larus heermanni”)
- merilokki (“Larus marinus”)
- mongolianlokki (“Ichthyaetus relictus”)
- mustanmerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus melanocephalus”)
- mustapäälokki (“Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus”)
- namibianlokki (“Chroicocephalus hartlaubii”)
- naurulokki (“Chroicocephalus ridibundus”)
- nokilokki (“Ichthyaetus hemprichii”)
- nokisiipilokki (“Leucophaeus atricilla”)
- ohotanlokki (“Larus schistisagus”)
- pikkulokki (“Hydrocoloeus minutus”)
- preerialokki (“Larus californicus”)
- rapulokki (“Larus atlanticus”)
- rengasnokkalokki (“Larus delawarensis”)
- ruusulokki
- selkälokki (“Larus fuscus”)
- siperianharmaalokki (“Larus vegae”)
- tiibetinlokki (“Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus”)
- tiiralokki
- uudenseelanninlokki (“Chroicocephalus bulleri”)
- valkosilmälokki (“Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus”)
- välimerenlokki (“Ichthyaetus audouinii”)
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “lokki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔhcɪ
Noun
[edit]lokki
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