tikku

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tik‧ku
• IPA: /ˈtikːu/

Noun

tikku

1. A splinter
2. A sliver
3. A chip (of wood)
4. A stick

Declension

Declension of tikku (type valo) singular plural nominative tikku tikut genitive tikun tikkujen partitive tikkua tikkuja accusative tikku tikun tikut inessive tikussa tikuissa elative tikusta tikuista illative tikkuun tikkuihin adessive tikulla tikuilla ablative tikulta tikuilta allative tikulle tikuille essive tikkuna tikkuina translative tikuksi tikuiksi instructive – tikuin abessive tikutta tikuitta comitative – tikkuineen

Usage notes

Translation "stick" is often a false friend, especially in case of small, thin pieces of wood, which are generally called tikku in Finnish . In comparison with tikku, a stick is usually a relatively large piece of wood.

Derived terms

• hammastikku
• jäätelötikku
• laskutikku
• makkaratikku
• muistitikku
• tikkukaramelli
• tikkunekku
• tikkuviina
• tulitikku

Anagrams

• kikut, kukit, tukki