sika-

Finnish

Etymology

sika (“pig, swine”), probably through words like sikaruma (“very ugly”, literally “pig-ugly”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ-/, [ˈs̠ikɑ̝-]

Prefix

sika- (colloquial, dialectal)

(Helsinki) extremely, totally, very, really (used as an intensifier in compound terms)
Se on sikahyvä. ― That's awesome.

Further reading

“sika-”, 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

-ksia, aski, kasi, kisa

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