viklo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Related to Estonian vigle, Karelian vikli and Ludian vigli.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]viklo
- Any small wading bird of the genus Tringa; the individual species within the genus are commonly called sandpipers, redshanks, greenshanks, yellowlegs, tattlers and willets in English.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of viklo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | viklo | viklot | |
genitive | viklon | viklojen | |
partitive | vikloa | vikloja | |
illative | vikloon | vikloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | viklo | viklot | |
accusative | nom. | viklo | viklot |
gen. | viklon | ||
genitive | viklon | viklojen | |
partitive | vikloa | vikloja | |
inessive | viklossa | vikloissa | |
elative | viklosta | vikloista | |
illative | vikloon | vikloihin | |
adessive | viklolla | vikloilla | |
ablative | viklolta | vikloilta | |
allative | viklolle | vikloille | |
essive | viklona | vikloina | |
translative | vikloksi | vikloiksi | |
abessive | viklotta | vikloitta | |
instructive | — | vikloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- amerikanmetsäviklo (“Tringa solitaria, solitary sandpiper”)
- amerikanviklo (“Tringa melanoleuca, greater yellowlegs”)
- keltajalkaviklo (“Tringa flavipes, lesser yellowlegs”)
- lampiviklo (“Tringa stagnatilis, marsh sandpiper”)
- metsäviklo (“Tringa ochropus, green sandpiper”)
- mustaviklo (“Tringa erythropus, spotted redshank”)
- punajalkaviklo (“Tringa totanus, common redshank”)
- täpläviklo (“Tringa guttifer, Nordmann’s greenshank”)
- valkoviklo (“Tringa nebularia, common greenshank”)
- taigaviklo (“Tringa brevipes, grey-tailed tattler”)
- harmaaviklo (“Tringa incana, wandering tattler”)
- preeriaviklo (“Tringa semipalmata, willet”)
Further reading
[edit]- “viklo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04