poika

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka. Cognate with Livvi poigu, Estonian poeg, poiss, Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”), буе (buje, “family line; area”), Udmurt пие (pije), Northern Khanty пох (poh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/,

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• Rhymes: -oikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): poi‧ka

Noun

poika

1. boy (young male human)
2. son (male offspring)
3. young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird)
4. (colloquial, humorous or familiar) guy, man, boy

Declension

Note that the k is lost in the weak grade, which causes the preceding i to turn into a j, which is an irregular change (but shared with aika).

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “poika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• okapi, pokia

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pojka. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oi̯k, -oi̯kɑ
• Hyphenation: poi‧ka

Noun

poika

1. boy
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Poika tuli tovarișșan kera kluubaa.

     The boy went to a club with mate.

2. son
   • 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 5:

     Metsävahti vei meijet kottii, jootti caajuul, ja hänen poika mäni meitä saattamaa.

     The forest ranger took us to house, gave us tea to drink, and his son went to see us off.

3. young (of an animal)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:

     Kissan poika otti kiin hiiren.

     The cat's kitten caught a mouse.

Declension

Synonyms

• (boy): poissi

Coordinate terms

• (boy): tyttö (“girl”)
• (son): tytär, tyttö (“daughter”)

Derived terms

• (diminutive) poikain

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 419

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/
• Hyphenation: poi‧ka

Noun

poika (genitive pojan, partitive poikua)

1. (North Karelian) son
2. (North Karelian) boy, lad
3. (North Karelian) young (of an animal)

Declension

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “сын”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN