tikku
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Estonian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]tikku
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]tikku
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tikku
- splinter (small fragment of material, especially wood, that gets embedded in the flesh)
- stick (small, thin, long piece of wood)
- sliver (long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
- stick (small cylindrical piece of e.g. food)
- Ellipsis of tulitikku (“match (device to make fire)”).
Usage notes
[edit]English stick is a broader term than Finnish tikku, which only refers to relatively small, thin pieces of wood. Larger pieces of wood are usually called keppi.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tikku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | tikku | tikut | |
genitive | tikun | tikkujen | |
partitive | tikkua | tikkuja | |
illative | tikkuun | tikkuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tikku | tikut | |
accusative | nom. | tikku | tikut |
gen. | tikun | ||
genitive | tikun | tikkujen | |
partitive | tikkua | tikkuja | |
inessive | tikussa | tikuissa | |
elative | tikusta | tikuista | |
illative | tikkuun | tikkuihin | |
adessive | tikulla | tikuilla | |
ablative | tikulta | tikuilta | |
allative | tikulle | tikuille | |
essive | tikkuna | tikkuina | |
translative | tikuksi | tikuiksi | |
abessive | tikutta | tikuitta | |
instructive | — | tikuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- bengalitikku
- cocktailtikku
- hammastikku
- ilotikku
- jäätelötikku
- kurkkutikku
- kynsitikku
- laskutikku
- leipätikku
- lihatikku
- liimatikku
- lukutikku
- makkaratikku
- mittatikku
- mozzarellatikku
- muistitikku
- nettitikku
- näytetikku
- porkkanatikku
- puutikku
- silmätikku
- skaalatikku
- suolatikku
- takkatikku
- tikkari
- tikkua ristiin
- tikkuhöyry
- tikkuinen
- tikkujäätelö
- tikkukaramelli
- tikkukirjain
- tikkulaatikko
- tikkunekku
- tikkuperuna
- tikkupulla
- tikkupuuro
- tikkurasia
- tikkusuora
- tikkutiistai
- tikku-ukko
- tikkuviina
- tikuttaa
- tulitikku
- tähtisadetikku
- tähtisädetikku
- öljytikku
Further reading
[edit]- “tikku”, 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
[edit]Livvi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka.
Noun
[edit]tikku
Categories:
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ikːu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ikːu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish ellipses
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Livvi terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Livvi terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Livvi lemmas
- Livvi nouns
- olo:Birds