piiga
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Finnish piika. Possibly a Swedish loan from Swedish piga or Old Swedish pīka, pīgha. Possibly, the Swedish word is loaned from a Finnic language. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact direction of the loan, because there are no further cognates in non-Finnic Uralic languages and non-North-Germanic Germanic languages. A more unlikely theory is a common Turkic origin; compare Chuvash пике́ (piké, “noblewoman, beauty”).
Declension
Inflection of piiga (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | piiga | piigad |
| accusative | piiga | piigad |
| genitive | piiga | piigade |
| partitive | piigat | piigasid |
| illative | piiga piigasse |
piigadesse |
| inessive | piigas | piigades |
| elative | piigast | piigadest |
| allative | piigale | piigadele |
| adessive | piigal | piigadel |
| ablative | piigalt | piigadelt |
| translative | piigaks | piigadeks |
| terminative | piigani | piigadeni |
| essive | piigana | piigadena |
| abessive | piigata | piigadeta |
| comitative | piigaga | piigadega |
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