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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), Northern Khanty пох (poh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯kɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oikɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): poi‧ka

poika

  1. boy (young male human)
  2. son (male offspring)
  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).

From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pojka. Cognates include Finnish poika and Estonian poeg.

poika

  1. boy

    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], 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[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:

      Kissan poika otti kiin hiiren.

      The cat's kitten caught a mouse.
Declension of poika (type 3/koira, ik-j gradation)
singular plural
nominative poika pojat
genitive pojan poikiin
partitive poikaa poikia
illative poikaa poikii
inessive pojas pojis
elative pojast pojist
allative pojalle pojille
adessive pojal pojil
ablative pojalt pojilt
translative pojaks pojiks
essive poikanna, poikaan poikinna, poikiin
exessive1) poikant poikint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 419
Regional variants of poika
North Karelian
(Viena) 		poika
South Karelian
(Tver) 		poiga

From Proto-Finnic *poika. Cognates include Finnish poika 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)
Viena Karelian declension of poika (type 5/koira, ik-j gradation)
singular plural
nominative poika pojat
genitive pojan poikien
partitive poikua poikie
illative poikah poikih
inessive pojašša pojissa
elative pojašta pojista
adessive pojalla pojilla
ablative pojalta pojilta
translative pojakši pojiksi
essive poikana poikina
comitative — pojineh
abessive pojatta pojitta
Possessive forms of poika
1st person poikani
2nd person poikaš
3rd person poikah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “сын”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

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