pieksu

Finnish

Etymology

pieks- +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ksu/, [ˈpie̞̯ks̠u]
• Rhymes: -ieksu
• Syllabification^(key): piek‧su

Noun

pieksu

1. Synonym of lapikas.

Usage notes

• Usage overlaps with that of lapikas, but those with lower leg cover tend to be called pieksu.

Declension

Inflection of pieksu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		pieksu	pieksut
genitive		pieksun	pieksujen
partitive		pieksua	pieksuja
illative		pieksuun	pieksuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pieksu	pieksut
accusative	nom.	pieksu	pieksut
	gen.	pieksun
genitive		pieksun	pieksujen
partitive		pieksua	pieksuja
inessive		pieksussa	pieksuissa
elative		pieksusta	pieksuista
illative		pieksuun	pieksuihin
adessive		pieksulla	pieksuilla
ablative		pieksulta	pieksuilta
allative		pieksulle	pieksuille
essive		pieksuna	pieksuina
translative		pieksuksi	pieksuiksi
abessive		pieksutta	pieksuitta
instructive		—	pieksuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pieksu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pieksuni pieksuni accusative nom. pieksuni pieksuni gen. pieksuni genitive pieksuni pieksujeni partitive pieksuani pieksujani inessive pieksussani pieksuissani elative pieksustani pieksuistani illative pieksuuni pieksuihini adessive pieksullani pieksuillani ablative pieksultani pieksuiltani allative pieksulleni pieksuilleni essive pieksunani pieksuinani translative pieksukseni pieksuikseni abessive pieksuttani pieksuittani instructive — — comitative — pieksuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pieksusi pieksusi accusative nom. pieksusi pieksusi gen. pieksusi genitive pieksusi pieksujesi partitive pieksuasi pieksujasi inessive pieksussasi pieksuissasi elative pieksustasi pieksuistasi illative pieksuusi pieksuihisi adessive pieksullasi pieksuillasi ablative pieksultasi pieksuiltasi allative pieksullesi pieksuillesi essive pieksunasi pieksuinasi translative pieksuksesi pieksuiksesi abessive pieksuttasi pieksuittasi instructive — — comitative — pieksuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pieksumme pieksumme accusative nom. pieksumme pieksumme gen. pieksumme genitive pieksumme pieksujemme partitive pieksuamme pieksujamme inessive pieksussamme pieksuissamme elative pieksustamme pieksuistamme illative pieksuumme pieksuihimme adessive pieksullamme pieksuillamme ablative pieksultamme pieksuiltamme allative pieksullemme pieksuillemme essive pieksunamme pieksuinamme translative pieksuksemme pieksuiksemme abessive pieksuttamme pieksuittamme instructive — — comitative — pieksuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pieksunne pieksunne accusative nom. pieksunne pieksunne gen. pieksunne genitive pieksunne pieksujenne partitive pieksuanne pieksujanne inessive pieksussanne pieksuissanne elative pieksustanne pieksuistanne illative pieksuunne pieksuihinne adessive pieksullanne pieksuillanne ablative pieksultanne pieksuiltanne allative pieksullenne pieksuillenne essive pieksunanne pieksuinanne translative pieksuksenne pieksuiksenne abessive pieksuttanne pieksuittanne instructive — — comitative — pieksuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pieksunsa pieksunsa accusative nom. pieksunsa pieksunsa gen. pieksunsa genitive pieksunsa pieksujensa partitive pieksuaan pieksuansa pieksujaan pieksujansa inessive pieksussaan pieksussansa pieksuissaan pieksuissansa elative pieksustaan pieksustansa pieksuistaan pieksuistansa illative pieksuunsa pieksuihinsa adessive pieksullaan pieksullansa pieksuillaan pieksuillansa ablative pieksultaan pieksultansa pieksuiltaan pieksuiltansa allative pieksulleen pieksullensa pieksuilleen pieksuillensa essive pieksunaan pieksunansa pieksuinaan pieksuinansa translative pieksukseen pieksuksensa pieksuikseen pieksuiksensa abessive pieksuttaan pieksuttansa pieksuittaan pieksuittansa instructive — — comitative — pieksuineen pieksuinensa

Descendants

• Swedish: pjäxa c

Further reading

• “pieksu”, 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