piiga
Estonian
editEtymology
editCognate to Finnish piika. Possibly a Swedish loan from Swedish piga or Old Swedish pīka, pīgha. Possibly, the Swedish word is loaned from a Finnic language. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact direction of the loan, because there are no further cognates in non-Finnic Uralic languages and non-North-Germanic Germanic languages. A more unlikely theory is a common Turkic origin; compare Chuvash пике́ (pik̬é, “noblewoman, beauty”).
Noun
editpiiga (genitive piiga, partitive piigat)
Declension
editDeclension of piiga (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | piiga | piigad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | piiga | ||
genitive | piigade | ||
partitive | piigat | piigasid | |
illative | piigasse | piigadesse | |
inessive | piigas | piigades | |
elative | piigast | piigadest | |
allative | piigale | piigadele | |
adessive | piigal | piigadel | |
ablative | piigalt | piigadelt | |
translative | piigaks | piigadeks | |
terminative | piigani | piigadeni | |
essive | piigana | piigadena | |
abessive | piigata | piigadeta | |
comitative | piigaga | piigadega |