Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
paikka. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
paikka, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
paikka in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
paikka you have here. The definition of the word
paikka will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
paikka, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *paikka (compare Estonian paik and Votic paikkõ), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ (compare English spoke).
Pronunciation
Noun
paikka
- place, location, spot, site
- puolustaa paikkaansa ― to serve a purpose, be useful/valuable (literally, “to defend one's spot”)
- area, region, locality, neighbourhood/neighborhood
- Synonym: alue
- space, room
- Synonym: tila
- scene (where something happens/has happened)
- Synonym: tapahtumapaikka
- (politics) seat
Sosiaalidemokraateilla on eduskunnassa 36 paikkaa.- The Social Democrats have 36 seats in the Parliament.
- (sports) berth (position on the field of play)
- Synonym: makuupaikka
- (sports) Ellipsis of maalintekopaikka (“scoring opportunity; chance (to score)”).
- job, post, position
- Synonym: työpaikka
- avoin (työ)paikka ― job opening
- patch (on clothes)
- Synonym: korjauspaikka
- (computing) patch
- Synonym: korjauspaikka
- (dentistry) filling; inlay
- Synonym: hammaspaikka
- (colloquial) situation
- Synonym: tilanne
- (colloquial, in the plural) parts, bones
- Synonym: jäsen
Declension
Derived terms
Interjection
paikka
- (to a dog, etc.) stay!
Further reading
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *paikka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. Cognates include Finnish paikka and Estonian paik.
Pronunciation
Noun
paikka
- place
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:Joka paikaas flakut, väki.- Everywhere there's flags, there's people
- (literally, “In every place flags, people.”)
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Iƶorat elläät Leningradan oblastin eri paikois, eri raijonois ja sentää iƶoran keeli senen mukkaa jakahuu eri dialektoihe, eri alakeelii.- Ingrians live in varous places of the Leningrad Oblast, various raions, and therefore, because of this, the Ingrian language is divided into various dialects, various lesser languages.
- area
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:Geografiatunniil töö tutussutta ympäröivän teitä paikanka.- In the geography class you will familiarise yourselves with the area surrounding you.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 374
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 74
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *paikka. Cognate with Finnish paikka.
Noun
paikka
- place