poikki
See also: poikki-
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːi]
- Rhymes: -oikːi
- Syllabification(key): poik‧ki
Adverb
poikki
- broken into two or more pieces
- Onko sinulla luita poikki?
- Do you have broken bones?
- off (so as to remove or separate from)
- Near-synonym: irti (focuses more on what is separated than what it is being separated from)
- leikata poikki ― to cut off
- sahata poikki ― to saw off
- vääntää poikki ― to twist off
- purra poikki ― to bite off
- (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired
- Synonym: tööt
- Olen aivan poikki.
- I'm dead tired.
Postposition
poikki (+ genitive)
Inflection
Declension of poikki-
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Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
- See the inflection table.
- poikkinainen
- poikittainen
- poiketa
Further reading
- “poikki”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *poikki. Cognates include Finnish poikki.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kʲː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːi]
- Rhymes: -oi̯kʲː, -oi̯kːi
- Hyphenation: poik‧ki
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 420
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