piiska

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish piska (“whip”), from Middle High German picze, from Slavic (compare Polish bicz, Czech bič), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bičь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpiːskɑ/, [ˈpiːs̠kɑ̝] Rhymes: -iːskɑ Syllabification(key): piis‧ka Hyphenation(key): piis‧ka === Noun === piiska crop (short whip) (slang, obsolete) ellipsis of piiska-auto (“black and white”) (police patrol car). perovskia ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “piiska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === apiksi, paiski