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sillisiika

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Finnish

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Etymology

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silli (herring) +‎ siika (whitefish); derived from the taxonomic name, which refers to the herring-like appearance of the fish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsilːiˌsiːkɑ/, [ˈs̠ilːiˌs̠iːkɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iːkɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): silli‧siika

Noun

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sillisiika

  1. lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis (North American species of freshwater whitefish)

Declension

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Inflection of sillisiika (Kotus type 9*D/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
sillisiikain rare
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
abessive sillisiiatta sillisiioitta
instructive sillisiioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sillisiika (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation)

Synonyms

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