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pilkka.

jeer, mockery, mock, ridicule, jest, derision

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpilkːɑ/[ˈpilkːɑ̝]

  1. jeer, mockery, mock, ridicule, jest, derision

    pitää pilkkanaan
    tehdä pilkkaa

  2. bullseye (center of target)

    ampua pilkkaan

  3. a mark carved in a tree

  4. spot (round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, e.g. on an animal)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pilkka, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blikkaz (compare German Blick).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.