piikki

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkːi/, [ˈpiːkːi]
• Rhymes: -iːkːi
• Syllabification^(key): piik‧ki

Borrowed from both Swedish pik (“peak, tip”) and Swedish spik (“nail”).

piikki

1. prickle, prick (small, sharp pointed object)
2. Any of a number of small and sharp objects.
   1. spike (very large nail or something resembling it in shape)

      Synonym: kiskonaula

   2. tine, prong (thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool)

      Synonym: pii

   3. (tools) awl (pointed tool)

      Synonym: purasin

   4. (tools) spindle (upright spike for holding papers)

      Synonym: paperipiikki

   5. point (object with sharp tip)
   6. (colloquial) syringe needle

      Synonyms: ruiskuneula, injektioneula

      1. (colloquial, by extension) syringe

         Synonyms: ruisku, injektioruisku, IV-ruisku, (drug slang) tykki

      2. (colloquial, by extension) vaccination, shot

         Synonym: rokotus

3. Any of a number of small and sharp natural features.
   1. (botany) thorn, spine

      Synonyms: oka, oas

   2. (by extension, figuratively) thorn

      piikkinä lihassa ― thorn in the flesh

   3. quill (sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog)
   4. ray (bony reinforcing in a fish's fin)
4. (figuratively) jab, shot; burn (verbal annoyance)

   Synonym: pisto

   Rossin piikki lennonjohtajille tuli päivää sen jälkeen kun heitä, samoin kuin lentäjiä ja lentoemäntiä, edustava järjestö varoitti, että hallinnon sulkeminen aiheutti merkittäviä turvallisuusriskejä.

   Ross’s jab at the air traffic controllers came a day after organizations that represent them, as well as pilots and flight attendants, warned that the shutdown was causing major safety and security risks.

   (Damian Paletta in Washington Post on Jan. 24, 2019)

5. (figuratively) spike (sharp increase in demand of anything, sharp peak in graph)

   Ruokapankit ovat maanlaajuisesti raportoineet käyntipiikistä ja jotkut ovat avanneet huomiota herättämätömiä palvelupisteitä auttaakseen liittovaltion työntekijöitä, jotka pelkäävät leimaantumista ilmaisen ruoan vastaanottamisen takia.

   Food banks nationwide have reported a spike in visits, and some have begun setting up services in discreet locations to help federal workers who are worried about the stigma of accepting free food.

   (Damian Paletta in Washington Post on Jan. 24, 2019)

6. (mycology) tooth (spore on a tooth- or spine-like projection)
7. (sports) lead (leading position, especially in horseracing)
8. tab, slate (record of money owed)

   Laita lasku firman piikkiin.

   Put the bill on the company's tab.

   1. (figuratively) laittaa jonkun|jonkin piikkiin, to (to attribute or account for something)

      Tämänkin voi laittaa sen erehdyksen piikkiin.

      This too can be chalked up to that mistake.

9. Ellipsis of piikkikenkä (“spike, a running shoe with spikes in the sole”).

   Synonym: piikkari

10. (tools) Ellipsis of jääpiikki (“ice pick”).

• oka

Borrowed from Swedish pik, from German Pike, from French pique.

piikki

1. pike (very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers)

Borrowed from Swedish spik (“one-crown coin”), originally in the sense "25 penny coin".

piikki (colloquial)

1. number 25, or something characterized by this number

   satapiikki ― motorcycle with 125cc engine

   Mä budjaan Flemarin piikis’. ― I live in 25 Fleming St.

   piikin uima-allas ― 25 m swimming pool

• “piikki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Borrowed from Estonian piik.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkːi/, [ˈpʲiːkʲːi]
• Rhymes: -iːkːi
• Hyphenation: piik‧ki

piikki

1. spear
2. lance
3. ice chisel

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