FromProto-Finnic*poika, fromProto-Uralic*pojka. Cognate withLivvipoigu,Estonianpoeg,poiss,Erzyaпиё(pijo,“grandson”),буе(buje,“family line; area”),Udmurtпие(pije),Northern Khantyпох(poh),Northern Mansiпыг(pyg,“son, boy”) andHungarianfiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such asLatvianpuika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).
poika
Inflection ofpoika (Kotus type 10*/koira,ik-j gradation) | |||
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nominative | poika | pojat | |
genitive | pojan | poikien | |
partitive | poikaa | poikia | |
illative | poikaan | poikiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | poika | pojat | |
accusative | nom. | poika | pojat |
gen. | pojan | ||
genitive | pojan | poikien poikainrare | |
partitive | poikaa | poikia | |
inessive | pojassa | pojissa | |
elative | pojasta | pojista | |
illative | poikaan | poikiin | |
adessive | pojalla | pojilla | |
ablative | pojalta | pojilta | |
allative | pojalle | pojille | |
essive | poikana | poikina | |
translative | pojaksi | pojiksi | |
abessive | pojatta | pojitta | |
instructive | — | pojin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Note that thek is lost in the weak grade, which causes the precedingi to turn into aj, which is an irregular change (but shared withaika).
FromProto-Finnic*poika, fromProto-Finno-Ugric*pojka. Cognates includeFinnishpoika andEstonianpoeg.
poika
Declension ofpoika (type 3/koira, ik-j gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | poika | pojat |
genitive | pojan | poikiin |
partitive | poikaa | poikia |
illative | poikaa | poikii |
inessive | pojas | pojis |
elative | pojast | pojist |
allative | pojalle | pojille |
adessive | pojal | pojil |
ablative | pojalt | pojilt |
translative | pojaks | pojiks |
essive | poikanna,poikaan | poikinna,poikiin |
exessive1) | poikant | poikint |
1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. |
North Karelian (Viena) | poika |
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South Karelian (Tver) | poiga |
FromProto-Finnic*poika. Cognates includeFinnishpoika andEstonianpoeg.
poika (genitivepojan,partitivepoikua)
Viena Karelian declension of poika (type 5/koira, ik-j gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | poika | pojat | |
genitive | pojan | poikien | |
partitive | poikua | poikie | |
illative | poikah | poikih | |
inessive | pojašša | pojissa | |
elative | pojašta | pojista | |
adessive | pojalla | pojilla | |
ablative | pojalta | pojilta | |
translative | pojakši | pojiksi | |
essive | poikana | poikina | |
comitative | — | pojineh | |
abessive | pojatta | pojitta |
Possessive forms ofpoika | ||
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1st person | poikani | |
2nd person | poikaš | |
3rd person | poikah | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivised clauses. |