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 poikki ― to cut off
    sahata poikki ― to saw off
    vääntää poikki ― to twist off
    purra poikki ― to 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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