pika-

See also: pika, Pika, píka, and píkǎ

Finnish

Etymology

From (compare Estonian pea, Karelian pika, Livonian pigā, Veps piga, Votic pigaa), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fikaz (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑ-/, [ˈpikɑ̝-]

Prefix

pika-

1. quick, fast, express, instant
2. summary (performed speedily and without formal ceremony)

Inflection

• The cases of pika- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The partitive singular is used only in the adverbial expression pikapikaa and tuota pikaa.

Declension of pika- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative pika- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive pikaa – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive – – temporal piakkoin – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive pikana – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive pian – instructive – – comitative – –

Derived terms

• adjectives: pikainen
• adverbs: pikapikaa, pikimmiten

Compounds

• pikajuna
• pikajuoksija
• pikajuoksu
• pikakivääri

• pikakoulutus
• pikalinja
• pikalähetti
• pikamatka

• pikanäppäin
• pikaoikeudenkäynti
• pikaposti
• pikapuoliin

• pikapuhelu
• pikaruoka
• pikatesti
• pikavuoro

Anagrams

• kapi, kipa