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kuikku

language: Livvi

part of speech: Noun

phonetic variants: kuikko (Kondushi)

Speaker
Michurova, Nadezhda V.
1985 year of birth
birth place: Olonets, Olonecky Destrict, Republic of Karelia

1 meaning

  • Russian: гагара
  • English: loon
concept: loon

translation

Veps: gagač; kakač

Ludian: guikk; guikke; kakač

Karelian Proper: guikka; kuikka

dialects of usage: Nekkula, Syamozero, Tulmozero, Vedlozero, Vidlitsa

Examples (19)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. A suoloil da järvilöil eletäh vezilinnut: kuikat, jouččenet, kurmoit, valgeišokkuhanhet da meččyhanhet.
А на болотах и озёрах живут водоплавающие птицы: гагары, лебеди, кулики, белощёкие гуси и гуси-гуменники. (Tulgua Vodlajärven kanzallizeh puustoh!)
2. Kurkijoven murdehes kojokse sanottih kuikkua. (Kojonsaari – Karjalan Dominikana)
3. A suoloil da järvilöil eletäh vezilindut: kuikat, jouččemet), kurmoit, valgeišokkuhanhet da meččyhanhet. (Vodlajärven kanzalline puusto)
4. Net oldih – Vieljärvi, Kibru, Salo, Il’l’lal, Kuikku, Kodaselgy, Korbiniemi, N’älmänniemi, Kukkoilu, Jyrgil. (Il’l’alas ielleh)
5. Vasiljevan Kuikku-, A. (Igä elä, igä opastu! 2)

All examples

wordforms (41)

kuik|ku (-an, -kua; -kii)

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