tikku
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish sticka.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tik‧ku
- IPA(key): /ˈtikːu/
Noun
tikku
- splinter
- sliver
- chip (of wood)
- stick
Usage notes
Translation "stick" is often a false friend, especially in case of small, thin pieces of wood, which are generally called tikku in Finnish. In comparison with tikku, a stick is usually a relatively large piece of wood called a keppi.
Declension
| Inflection of tikku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tikku | tikut | |
| genitive | tikun | tikkujen | |
| partitive | tikkua | tikkuja | |
| illative | tikkuun | tikkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tikku | tikut | |
| accusative | nom. | tikku | tikut |
| gen. | tikun | ||
| genitive | tikun | tikkujen | |
| partitive | tikkua | tikkuja | |
| inessive | tikussa | tikuissa | |
| elative | tikusta | tikuista | |
| illative | tikkuun | tikkuihin | |
| adessive | tikulla | tikuilla | |
| ablative | tikulta | tikuilta | |
| allative | tikulle | tikuille | |
| essive | tikkuna | tikkuina | |
| translative | tikuksi | tikuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tikuin | |
| abessive | tikutta | tikuitta | |
| comitative | — | tikkuineen | |
Derived terms
- hammastikku
- jäätelötikku
- laskutikku
- makkaratikku
- muistitikku
- tikkua ristiin
- tikkukaramelli
- tikkunekku
- tikku-ukko
- tikkuviina
- tulitikku
Anagrams
- kikut, kitku, kukit, tukki
Karelian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish tikka.
Noun
tikku
- woodpecker