/ˈpoi̯kɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯kɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka. Cognate with Livvi poigu, Estonian poeg, poiss, Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”), буе (buje, “family line; area”), Udmurt пие (pije), Northern Khanty пох (poh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).
- boy (young male human)
- son (male offspring)
- young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird)
- colloquial, familiar, humorousguy, man, boy, lad
- informalbachelor, unmarried male
- informalvirgin male
Muodotpoika(nominative, singular) · pojat(nominative, plural) · poika(accusative, nominative, singular) · pojat(accusative, nominative, plural) · pojan(accusative, genitive, singular) · pojat(accusative, genitive, plural) · pojan(genitive, singular) · poikien(genitive, plural) · poikain(genitive, plural, rare) · poikaa(partitive, singular) · poikia(partitive, plural) · pojassa(inessive, singular) · pojissa(inessive, plural) · pojasta(elative, singular) · pojista(elative, plural) · poikaan(illative, singular) · poikiin(illative, plural) · pojalla(adessive, singular) · pojilla(adessive, plural) · pojalta(ablative, singular)