valkopäitä

Valkopäitä is a Finnish plural noun formed from valkopää, meaning white-headed. The form valkopäitä is the partitive plural and is used when the reference is indefinite or part of a larger phrase. The nominative plural is valkopäät. The term is descriptive and neutral, used for people, animals, or objects characterized by a pale or white head color, for example in naturalistic descriptions of birds with light crowns or in folk descriptions of individuals with pale hair. In everyday Finnish, valkopäitä can function as a common noun for “white-headed ones” without implying a specific group. It is not a widely used or specialized term in most contexts, and its precise meaning is determined by context, including whether head coloration or head coverings are under discussion. If used as an ethnonym or nickname in historical sources, the exact reference must be established from the source material. See also valkopää and valkopäät.