pois.
away, off
Meaning & usage
away, off
Hän meni pois.
Ota vaatteet pois.
synonym of poissa (“away”)
minus, take away
Kuudesta pois neljä on kaksi. / Kuusi pois neljä on kaksi.
just (used to reduce the force of an imperative)
Kysy pois!
Where this word comes from
From poikki- + -s (s-lative singular), through reduction of the earlier and dialectal form poies, poijes (< *poige-s). The variation in the gradation patterns between *-kk- : *-k- and *-k- : *-g- has not been conclusively explained, but the weaker form is found throughout Northern Finnic (e.g. Ingrian pois, Karelian pois); see Proto-Finnic *poikki for more.
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