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 pluraladverbial
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

Interjection

poikki

  1. cut! (instruction to stop recordin)

Anagrams

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

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