poikki

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 (with verbs describing cutting into two or more pieces)

   leikata, sahata, vääntää tai purra poikki = to cut, saw, twist or bite off

3. (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired

   Olen aivan poikki.

   I'm dead tired.

Postposition

poikki (+ genitive)

1. across, through

   Pallo vieri tien poikki.

   The ball rolled across the street.

Inflection

Declension of poikki noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative poikki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative pois poikki – inessive poissa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative poikitse – essive – – situative poikittain – translative – – oppositive – – instructive – poikin abessive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• (by, past) läpi
• (by, past) poikitse (rare or archaic, poetic; dialectal)
• (exhausted): tööt

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa

Interjection

poikki

1. cut! (instruction to stop recordin)

Anagrams

• piikko

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poikki. Cognates include Finnish poikki.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːi]
• Rhymes: -oi̯kːi
• Hyphenation: poik‧ki

Adverb

poikki

1. broken

Derived terms

• poikilliin
• poikin
• pois

 

References

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