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 *fiką (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑ-/, [ˈpikɑ̝-]

Prefix

pika-

quick, fast, express, instant
pikainen ― quick, hurried

pikajuna ― express train

pikanuudeli ― instant noodle
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-

pika-arpajaiset

pikakirjoittaja

pikakäännytys

pikaraitiovaunu

pikatuomioistuin

adverbs

nouns

pikuri

compounds

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 3 July 2023

Anagrams

kapi, kipa