sirkku

From Proto-Finnic *cirkku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsirkːu/, [ˈs̠irkːu]
• Rhymes: -irkːu
• Hyphenation^(key): sirk‧ku

sirkku

1. (zoology) emberizid (bird of the family Emberizidae)
2. bunting (any of the passerine birds in the genus Emberiza)
3. (in the plural) the genus Emberiza.

• Also many birds in the families Calcariidae (longspurs and snow buntings), Passerellidae (New World sparrows) and Thraupidae (tanagers) have sirkku as part of their common name. The corresponding English common names include longspur, song sparrow, vesper sparrow, lark sparrow, sage sparrow, ground sparrow, brushfinch, diuca finch, Inca finch, grass finch and others.

• sirkka

• “sirkku”, 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 2023-07-03

• kruksi

From Proto-Finnic *cirkku.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsirkːu/, [ˈsʲirkːu]
• Rhymes: -irkːu
• Hyphenation: sirk‧ku

sirkku

1. small bird

Declension of sirkku (type II/võrkko, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sirkku	sirkud
genitive	sirku	sirkkujõ, sirkkui
partitive	sirkkua	sirkkuitõ, sirkkui
illative	sirkkusõ, sirkku	sirkkuisõ
inessive	sirkuz	sirkkuiz
elative	sirkussõ	sirkkuissõ
allative	sirkulõ	sirkkuilõ
adessive	sirkullõ	sirkkuillõ
ablative	sirkultõ	sirkkuiltõ
translative	sirkussi	sirkkuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sirkku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn