picka
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Spickoja.
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian спичка (spička).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpit͡ʃkɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpit͡ʃkɑ/,
- Rhymes: -it͡ʃk, -it͡ʃkɑ
- Hyphenation: pic‧ka
Noun
picka
- match
- 1934, V. I. Junus, Lukukirja inkeroisia oppikoteja vart (neljäs klassa), Leningrad: Riikin Izdatelstvo Kirja, page 105:
- Hää hyppäis kattiloin päälle, nosti kannen, cirkoi pickan ja näki, jot hoitoklapanat olliit kääritty kiin rautavitsaal.
- He jumped onto the cooking pot, lifted the lid, struck a match and saw, that the safety valves were wrapped in iron twigs.
- 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
- Ei hooli karassia eikä pickoja.
- No need in kerosene or in matches.
Declension
| Declension of picka (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | picka | pickat |
| genitive | pickan | pickoin |
| partitive | pickaa | pickoja |
| illative | pickaa | pickoi |
| inessive | pickaas | pickois |
| elative | pickast | pickoist |
| allative | pickalle | pickoille |
| adessive | pickaal | pickoil |
| ablative | pickalt | pickoilt |
| translative | pickaks | pickoiks |
| essive | pickanna, pickaan | pickoinna, pickoin |
| exessive1) | pickant | pickoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 412
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish pikka, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną. Compare English pick.
Pronunciation
Verb
picka (present pickar, preterite pickade, supine pickat, imperative picka)
Conjugation
Conjugation of picka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | picka | pickas | ||
| Supine | pickat | pickats | ||
| Imperative | picka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | picken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | pickar | pickade | pickas | pickades |
| Ind. plural1 | picka | pickade | pickas | pickades |
| Subjunctive2 | picke | pickade | pickes | pickades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | pickande | |||
| Past participle | pickad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Noun
picka c
- (colloquial) a pistol (gun)
Declension
Declension of picka