poikki

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Postposition 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Originally shorter form for poikitse, prolative case of the stem poikki-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: poik‧ki

[edit] Adverb

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1. broken into two or more pieces:

   • Onko sinulla luita poikki?
     • Do you have broken bones?

2. with a verb describing the means of breaking into two or more pieces; off:

   • leikata, sahata, vääntää tai purra poikki = to cut, saw, twist or bite off

3. (colloquial) exhausted, beat, dead tired:

   • Olen aivan poikki.
     • I'm dead tired.

[edit] Postposition

poikki (+ genitive)

1. across, through

   • Pallo vieri tien poikki.
     • The ball rolled across the street.

[edit] Inflection

Declension of poikki noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative poikki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative pois – inessive poissa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative poikki (poikitse) – essive – – situative poikittain – translative – – oppositive – – instructive – poikin abessive – – comitative – –

[edit] Synonyms

• (by, past) läpi
• (by, past) poikitse (rare or archaic, poetic; dialectal)

[edit] Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa