poikki

See also: poikki-

Finnish

Etymology

Originally shorter form for poikitse, prolative case of the stem poikki-.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: poik‧ki

Adverb

poikki

  1. broken into two or more pieces:
    Onko sinulla luita poikki?
    Do you have broken bones?
  2. with a verb describing the means of breaking into two or more pieces; off:
    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 pluraladverbial
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 – –
instructive – poikin
abessive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms

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