aika^[1]

1. (transitive) to clear a plot of land of underbush (the start of cutting for farming)

   Tʉmainarʉ kon aikaꞌpʉ ina uya. ― We cleared the underbush from our farm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯kɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -ɑikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ai‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): ai‧ka

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From Proto-Finnic *aika, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).

aika

1. time (inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events)

   aika matelee ― time crawls on

   Aikaa voidaan mitata kellolla.

   Time can be measured with a clock.

2. time, period (temporal distance or duration)

   Se vaatii pitkän ajan. ― It takes a long time.

   kahden viikon ajaksi ― for (a period of) two weeks

   Sinulla on minuutti aikaa vastata kysymyksiin.

   You have one minute to answer questions.

3. time (moment or period in time), moment

   Synonym: hetki

   tähän aikaan vuodesta ― this time of year

   Vanhat hyvät ajat ovat palanneet. ― The good old times have returned.

4. time, season (the moment or period of time during which something regularly occurs e.g. within a year)
5. appointment (arranged meeting)

   Minulla on aika lääkärille kello kymmeneltä. ― I have a doctor's appointment at ten o'clock.

Note that the -k- is lost in the weak grade, which causes the preceding -i- to turn into a -j-, an irregular change (but shared with poika). By comparison, the word taika does not exhibit this change.

• aikuinen

• “1. aika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Probably from aika (etymology 1).^[1]

aika (not comparable, indeclinable, only used attributively)

1. quite, pretty

   Synonyms: aikamoinen, melkoinen

   Hän on aika persoona. ― He is quite a personality.

2. synonym of aimo

Indeclinable

aika (not comparable)

1. quite, rather, fairly (a moderate qualifier)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:melko

   Summa on aika suuri. ― The sum is quite large.

   Tänään on aika kaunis ilma. ― It’s quite beautiful weather today.

• aivan

• “2. aika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Estonian aeg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑi̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑi̯ɡ̊ɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑi̯ɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯k, -ɑi̯kɑ
• Hyphenation: ai‧ka

aika

1. time
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:

     Adverbat näyttäät paikkaa, tappaa, määrää, aikaa tali muuta obstojatelstvaa.

     Adverbs indicate place, habit, amount, time or other circumstances.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Lapset, kuunelkaa kaik! Jo ono şkouluu aika!

     Children, listen everyone! It is already time for school!

2. epoch, age
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Jo entisist ajoist, päiväist päivää inmihiset näkivät, jot päivyt liikkuu taivast mööt.

     Already since ancient times, day in day out people saw, that the Sun moves along the sky.

3. (grammar) tense
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[5], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 104:

     Sitä kutsutaa tapahtuvaks ajaks tali preesensiks.

     These are called past tense or present.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑi̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɑi̯ɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯k, -ɑi̯kɑ
• Hyphenation: ai‧ka

aika

1. inflection of aikkaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[6], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[7], →ISBN, page 62

aika

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいか

From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Estonian aeg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑ/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ka

aika (genitive ajan, partitive aikua)

1. (North Karelian) time

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “время”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

aika

1. romanization of ᠠᡳᡴᠠ

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯kɑː/, [ˈɑi̯kɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯kɑː
• Hyphenation: ai‧ka

aika

1. for a long time

aika

1. partitive/illative singular of aikõ

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “aikaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[8], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): /à.ì.kā/

àìka

1. the plant Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

àì- (“negative nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kà (“to read, to count”)

• IPA^(key): /à.ì.kà/

àìkà

1. something unread
2. the act of not reading
3. something not counted
4. the act of not counting

• aláìkà (“one who does not read”)