poika

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka. Cognate with Livvi poigu, Estonian poeg, poiss, Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”), буе (buje, “family line; area”), Udmurt пие (pije), Northern Khanty пох (poh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯kɑ̝] Rhymes: -oikɑ Syllabification(key): poi‧ka Hyphenation(key): poi‧ka === Noun === poika boy (young male human) son (male offspring) young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird) (colloquial, humorous or familiar) guy, man, boy, lad (informal, especially historical or rustic) bachelor, unmarried male (informal, especially historical or rustic) virgin male ==== Declension ==== Note that the k is lost in the weak grade, which causes the preceding i to turn into a j, which is an irregular change (but shared with aika). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “poika”, 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 1 July 2023 === Anagrams === okapi, pokia == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pojka. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯k] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯ɡ̊ɑ] Rhymes: -oi̯k, -oi̯kɑ Hyphenation: poi‧ka === Noun === poika boy son young (of an animal) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (boy): poissi ==== Coordinate terms ==== (boy): tyttö, tyttärikkö (“girl”) (son): tytär, tyttö (“daughter”) ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutive) poikain === References === V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 419 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/ Hyphenation: poi‧ka === Noun === poika (genitive pojan, partitive poikua) (North Karelian) son (North Karelian) boy, lad (North Karelian) young (of an animal) ==== Declension ==== === References === P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “сын”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN