pika-
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *pika (compare Estonian pea, Karelian pika, Livonian pigā, Veps piga, Votic pigaa), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fikaz (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
pika-
- quick, fast, express, instant
- pikainen ― quick, hurried
- pikajuna ― express train
- pikanuudeli ― instant noodle
- summary (performed speedily and without formal ceremony)
Inflection edit
- 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-
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Derived terms edit
adverbs
nouns
compounds
Further reading edit
- “pika-”, 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 2023-07-03