tiukka

Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Norse (compare Old Swedish thiokker, thiukker (“thick, fat”) and Old Norse þjukkr, þykkr), but this is semantically dubious.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiu̯kːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -iukːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): tiuk‧ka

tiukka (comparative tiukempi, superlative tiukin)

1. tight (firmly held, pulled or pushed together)

   Synonyms: kireä, piukka, timmi (colloquial)

   Antonyms: löysä, höllä

2. taut, tense, tight, strict (under tension)

   Synonyms: kireä, timmi (colloquial)

   Antonym: löysä

3. dense, compact, solid

   Synonyms: tiheä, tiivis, kiinteä

   Antonyms: väljä, harva

4. strict (governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules)

   Synonyms: ankara, kova

5. (of a turn) sharp (steep; precipitous; abrupt)

   Synonyms: jyrkkä, äkkinäinen

   Antonym: loiva

6. (in locative cases) tight, meager

   Synonyms: vähä, harva

7. (figuratively) tight, tough, hard, difficult, challenging

   Synonyms: vaikea, hankala, kova

• “tiukka”, 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 2023-07-03

• kuikat, taukki, tikkua, tukkia