pika-

See also: pika, Pika, píka, and píkǎ

Finnish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑ-/, [ˈpikɑ̝-]

Prefix

pika-

1. quick, fast, express, instant

   pikainen ― quick, hurried

   pikajuna ― express train

   pikanuudeli ― instant noodle

2. summary (performed speedily and without formal ceremony)

Inflection

• 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 plural adverbial 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

Finnish terms prefixed with pika-

adverbs

• piakkoin
• pian
• pikapikaa
• pikemmin
• pikemminkin
• pikimmin
• pikimmiten

 

nouns

• pikuri

 

compounds

• pikajuna
• pikajuoksija
• pikajuoksu
• pikakaurapuuro
• pikakivääri
• pikakoulutus
• pikalataus
• pikalinja
• pikalähetti
• pikamatka
• pikanäppäin
• pikaoikeudenkäynti
• pikaposti
• pikapuhelu
• pikapuoliin
• pikaruoka
• pikatesti
• pikatie
• pikaviesti
• pikavuoro

 

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• kapi, kipa