puika

See also: puikā

Latgalian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Latvian puika and Lithuanian puika.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpùi̯ka]
  • Hyphenation: pui‧ka

Noun

puika m

  1. boy

Declension
Declension of puika (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative puika puikys, puikas1)
genitive puikys, puikas1) puiku
dative puikai, puikam puikom
accusative puiku puikys, puikas1)
instrumental puiku puikom
locative puikā puikuos
vocative puika, puik puikys, puikas1)
1) dialectal

Synonyms

References
  • M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 128
  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 24

Latvian

Etymology

From a Finnic language, compare Proto-Finnic *poika (“boy”) (whence e.g. Finnish poika, Estonian poeg).

Noun

puika m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

  1. boy
  2. young (especially adolescent) man

Declension
Declension of puika (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) puika puikas
accusative (akuzatīvs) puiku puikas
genitive (ģenitīvs) puikas puiku
dative (datīvs) puikam puikām
instrumental (instrumentālis) puiku puikām
locative (lokatīvs) puikā puikās
vocative (vokatīvs) puika puikas

Synonyms

Antonyms
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