pika-

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See also: pika, Pika, píka, and píkǎ

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpikɑ-/, [ˈpikɑ̝-]

Prefix

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pika-

  1. quick, fast, express, instant
    pikainen ― quick, hurried
    pikajuna ― express train
    pikanuudeli ― instant noodle
  2. summary (performed speedily and without formal ceremony)

Inflection

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  • 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 pluraladverbial 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 – –
instructive pian –
comitative – –

Derived terms

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Finnish terms prefixed with pika-
adverbs
nouns
compounds

Further reading

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