sika-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sika"

Finnish

Etymology

< sika (“pig, swine”), probably through words like sikaruma (“very ugly”, literally “pig-ugly”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsikɑ-/, [ˈs̠ikɑ̝-]

Prefix

sika- (colloquial, dialectal)

  1. (Helsinki) extremely, totally, very, really, super (used as an intensifier in compound terms)
    Se on sikahyvä. ― That's awesome.

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