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poika.

boy (young male human)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpoi̯kɑ/[ˈpo̞i̯kɑ̝]
  1. boy (young male human)

  2. son (male offspring)

  3. young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird)

  4. guy, man, boy, lad (often a young or younger one)

    colloquial · familiar · humorous
  5. bachelor, unmarried male

  6. virgin male

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *poika (compare Estonian poeg, Livvi poigu), from Proto-Uralic *pojka (compare Komi-Zyrian пи (pi), Udmurt пи (pi), Northern Khanty пух (puh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg), Hungarian fiú). The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).

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