pikku

Finnish

Etymology

A diminutive form of pieni with +‎ -kku. Cognate with Karelian pikku, Veps pikuraine and Votic pikkõrain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpikːu/, [ˈpikːu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikːu
  • Syllabification(key): pik‧ku
  • Hyphenation(key): pik‧ku

Adjective

pikku (not comparable, indeclinable, only used attributively)

  1. little, small
  2. little old
    Yksi pikku pokeripeli silloin tällöin, ei se ole uhkapeliä.
    Just one little old poker game now and then, that's not gambling.

Usage notes

Quite often used as a modifier in compounds (pikku-).

Declension

Indeclinable

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pikːu/

Pronoun

pikku

  1. absolute plural of pinnga; those up a medial distance.