näkki

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnækːi/, [ˈnækːi] Rhymes: -ækːi Syllabification(key): näk‧ki Hyphenation(key): näk‧ki === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Swedish Näck, Näcken. ==== Noun ==== näkki (Finnic mythology) nixie (evil female water spirit) (mythology) nix, neck (evil, male water spirit) twinleaf (any plant of the genus Jeffersonia) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== (water spirit): vetehinen ==== Further reading ==== “näkki”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of näkkileipä (“crisp bread”). ==== Noun ==== näkki (colloquial) ellipsis of näkkileipä (“crisp bread”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === From Swedish snäcka. ==== Noun ==== näkki (dialectal) clamshell, seashell ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === -kkäin