poika

From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka. Cognate with Livvi poigu, Estonian poeg, poiss, Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”), буе (buje, “family line; area”), Udmurt пие (pije), Khanty пох (pox), Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯kɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -oikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): poi‧ka

poika

1. boy
2. son
3. young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird)
4. (colloquial, humorous or familiar) guy, man, boy

Note that the k is lost in the weak grade, which causes the preceding i to turn into a j, which is an irregular change (but shared with aika).

• “poika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• okapi, pokia

From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pojka. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Estonian poeg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯ɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -oi̯k, -oi̯kɑ
• Hyphenation: poi‧ka

poika

1. boy
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Poika tuli tovarișșan kera kluubaa.

     The boy went to a club with [his] mate.

2. son
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Metsävahti vei meijet kottii, jootti caajuul, ja hänen poika mäni meitä saattamaa.

     The forest ranger took us to [his] house, gave us tea to drink, and his son went to see us off.

3. young (of an animal)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:

     Kissan poika otti kiin hiiren.

     The cat's kitten caught a mouse.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• (boy): poissi

• (boy): tyttö (“girl”)
• (son): tytär, tyttö (“daughter”)

• (diminutive) poikain

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 419

From Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Estonian poeg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/
• Hyphenation: poi‧ka

poika (genitive pojan, partitive poikua)

1. (North Karelian) son
2. (North Karelian) boy, lad
3. (North Karelian) young (of an animal)

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “сын”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN