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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pika (compare Estonian pea, Karelian pika, Livonian pigā, Veps piga, Votic pigaa), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fiką (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).
Pronunciation
Prefix
pika-
- quick, fast, express, instant
- pikainen ― quick, hurried
- pikajuna ― express train
- pikanuudeli ― instant noodle
- summary (performed speedily and without formal ceremony)
Inflection
- The cases of pika- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The partitive singular is used only in the adverbial expression pikapikaa and tuota pikaa.
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