poikki

See also: poikki-

Finnish

Etymology

poikki- + -i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːi]
  • Rhymes: -oikːi
  • Syllabification(key): poik‧ki

Adverb

poikki

  1. broken into two or more pieces
    Onko sinulla luita poikki?
    Do you have broken bones?
  2. 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 poikkito cut off
    sahata poikkito saw off
    vääntää poikkito twist off
    purra poikkito bite off
  3. (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired
    Synonym: tööt
    Olen aivan poikki.
    I'm dead tired.

Postposition

poikki (+ genitive)

  1. across, through
    Synonyms: läpi, halki, (archaic, poetic, dialectal, rare) poikitse
    Pallo vieri tien poikki.
    The ball rolled across the street.

Inflection

Derived terms

compounds

Interjection

poikki

  1. cut! (instruction to stop recording)

Further reading

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

Adverb

poikki

  1. broken

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 420
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