"picku" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See picku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: According to SSA and EES, possibly sound-symbolic. Etymology templates: {{sound symbolic|urj-fin-pro|nocap=1}} sound-symbolic Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|picku}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], picku [nominative, singular], pickut [nominative, plural], pickun [accusative, singular], pickut [accusative, plural], pickun [genitive, singular], pickudën [genitive, plural], pickuidën [genitive, plural], pickuda [partitive, singular], pickuida [partitive, plural], pickussa [inessive, singular], pickuhna [inessive, singular], pickuissa [inessive, plural], pickuihna [inessive, plural], pickusta [elative, singular], pickuista [elative, plural], pickuhën [illative, singular], pickuihën [illative, plural], pickulla [adessive, singular], pickuilla [adessive, plural], pickulta [ablative, singular], pickuilta [ablative, plural], pickulën [allative, singular], pickulëk [allative, singular], pickuilën [allative, plural], pickuilëk [allative, plural], pickuna [essive, singular], pickuina [essive, plural], pickuksi [singular, translative], pickuiksi [plural, translative], pickun [instructive, singular], pickuin [instructive, plural], pickunëk [comitative, singular], pickuinëk [comitative, plural], pickutta [abessive, singular], pickuitta [abessive, plural]
  1. tiny, little Tags: reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisike"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "pisku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "piskuinen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pičukkaini"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pičukkane"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "lang_code": "liv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "piški"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičukku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičukkaine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Veps",
      "lang_code": "vep",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičuine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisokõnõ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Votic",
      "lang_code": "vot",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "Kliimettina"
      ],
      "word": "piški"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound symbolic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to SSA and EES, possibly sound-symbolic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickudën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickussa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuhna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickusta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuhën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickunëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickutta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "picku"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/picku",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiny, little"
      ],
      "id": "en-picku-urj-fin-pro-adj-OqDHuoLS",
      "links": [
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "picku"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisike"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "pisku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "piskuinen"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "North Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pičukkaini"
        },
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl",
          "word": "pičukkane"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "lang_code": "krl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "lang_code": "liv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "piški"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičukku"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Livvi",
      "lang_code": "olo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičukkaine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Veps",
      "lang_code": "vep",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pičuine"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "pisokõnõ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Votic",
      "lang_code": "vot",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "Kliimettina"
      ],
      "word": "piški"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound symbolic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to SSA and EES, possibly sound-symbolic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickudën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickussa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuhna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickusta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuhën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickulëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickunëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickutta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pickuitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "picku"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/picku",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic adjectives",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
        "Proto-Finnic sound-symbolic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiny, little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "picku"
}

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