See also: poikki-

Finnish

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Etymology

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poikki--i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kːi/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːi]
  • Rhymes: -oikːi
  • Hyphenation(key): poik‧ki

Adverb

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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 poikkito cut off
    sahata poikkito saw off
    vääntää poikkito twist off
    purra poikkito bite off
  3. (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired
    Synonym: tööt
    Olen aivan poikki.
    I'm dead tired.

Postposition

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poikki [with genitive]

  1. across, through
    Synonyms: läpi, halki, (archaic, poetic, dialectal, rare) poikitse
    Pallo vieri tien poikki.
    The ball rolled across the street.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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compounds
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Interjection

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poikki

  1. cut! (instruction to stop recording)

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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poikki

  1. broken

Derived terms

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References

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