poikki

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See also: poikki-

Finnish

Etymology

poikki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation

Adverb

poikki

  1. broken into two or more pieces
    Onko sinulla luita poikki?
    Do you have broken bones?
  2. off (so as to remove or separate from)
    Near-synonym: irti (focuses more on what is separated than what it is being separated from)
    leikata poikki ― to cut off
    sahata poikki ― to saw off
    vääntää poikki ― to twist off
    purra poikki ― to bite off
  3. (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired
    Synonym: tööt
    Olen aivan poikki.
    I'm dead tired.

Postposition

poikki (+ genitive)

  1. across, through
    Synonyms: läpi, halki, (archaic, poetic, dialectal, rare) poikitse
    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 – –
abessive – –
instructive – poikin
comitative – –

Derived terms

compounds

Related terms

Interjection

poikki

  1. cut! (instruction to stop recording)

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *poikki. Cognates include Finnish poikki.

Pronunciation

Adverb

poikki

  1. broken

Derived terms

References

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