sika-

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ]

Prefix

sika-

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