sika-

Finnish

Etymology

< sika (“pig, swine”), probably through words like sikaruma (“very ugly”, literally “pig-ugly”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ-/, [ˈs̠ikɑ̝-]

Prefix

sika- (colloquial, dialectal)

1. (Helsinki) extremely, totally, very, really, super (used as an intensifier in compound terms)

   Se on sikahyvä. ― That's awesome.

Further reading

• “sika-”, 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

Anagrams

• -ksia, aski, kasi, kisa