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paikka

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paikka (compare Estonian paik and Votic paikkõ), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ (compare English spoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯kːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯kːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): paik‧ka
  • Hyphenation(key): paik‧ka

Noun

paikka

  1. place, location, spot, site
    puolustaa paikkaansato serve a purpose, be useful/valuable (literally, “to defend one's spot”)
  2. area, region, locality, neighbourhood/neighborhood
    Synonym: alue
  3. space, room
    Synonym: tila
  4. scene (where something happens/has happened)
    Synonym: tapahtumapaikka
  5. (politics) seat
    Sosiaalidemokraateilla on eduskunnassa 36 paikkaa.
    The Social Democrats have 36 seats in the Parliament.
  6. (sports) berth (position on the field of play)
    Synonym: makuupaikka
  7. (sports) ellipsis of maalintekopaikka (scoring opportunity; chance (to score))
  8. job, post, position
    Synonym: työpaikka
    avoin (työ)paikkajob opening
  9. patch (on clothes)
    Synonym: korjauspaikka
  10. (computing) patch
    Synonym: korjauspaikka
  11. (dentistry) filling; inlay
    Synonym: hammaspaikka
  12. (colloquial) situation, state of affairs
    Synonym: tilanne
  13. (colloquial) chance, opportunity
    Synonym: tilaisuus
  14. (colloquial, in the plural) parts, bones
    Synonym: jäsen
    Minulla on paikat kipeänä.
    I'm sore all over.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

adjectives
compounds

Interjection

paikka

  1. (to a dog, etc.) stay!

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paikka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. Cognates include Finnish paikka and Estonian paik.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯kːɑ/, [ˈpɑi̯kː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯kːɑ/, [ˈpɑi̯kːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯kː, -ɑi̯kːɑ
  • Hyphenation: paik‧ka

Noun

paikka

  1. place
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:
      Joka paikaas flakut, väki.
      Everywhere there's flags, there's people
      (literally, “In every place flags, people.”)
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Iƶorat elläät Leningradan oblastin eri paikois, eri raijonois ja sentää iƶoran keeli senen mukkaa jakahuu eri dialektoihe, eri alakeelii.
      Ingrians live in varous places of the Leningrad Oblast, various raions, and therefore, because of this, the Ingrian language is divided into various dialects, various lesser languages.
  2. area
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Geografiatunniil töö tutussutta ympäröivän teitä paikanka.
      In the geography class you will familiarise yourselves with the area surrounding you.

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation), singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 374
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 74
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Karelian

More information North Karelian (Viena), South Karelian (Tver) ...

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paikka. Cognates include Finnish paikka and Veps paik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯kːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: paik‧ka

Noun

paikka (genitive paikan, partitive paikkua, diminutive paikkani / paikkane)

  1. place
  2. patch
  3. headscarf, shawl

Declension

More information Viena Karelian declension of paikka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation), singular ...
More information Tver Karelian declension of paikka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation), singular ...
More information Possessive forms of, 1st person ...

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “paikka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “paikka”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
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