poikki

See also: poikki-

Finnish

Etymology

Originally shorter form for poikitse, prolative case of the stem poikki-, from . Related to Karelian poikki, Veps poikk and Votic põittši.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

poikki

1. broken into two or more pieces

   Onko sinulla luita poikki?

   Do you have broken bones?

2. off (with verbs describing cutting into two or more pieces)

   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.

Postposition

poikki (+ genitive)

1. across, through

   Pallo vieri tien poikki.

   The ball rolled across the street.

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 – – abessive – poikin instructive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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