
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).
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poika
| Inflection ofpoika (Kotus type 10*/koira,ik-j gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | poiga |
FromProto-Finnic*poika. Cognates includeFinnishpoika andEstonianpoeg.
poika (genitivepojan,partitivepoikua)
| Viena Karelian declension of poika (type 5/koira, ik-j gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| prolative | — | — | |
| instructive | — | pojin | |
| Possessive forms ofpoika | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | poikani | |
| 2nd person | poikaš | |
| 3rd person | poikah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivised clauses. | ||