pikki
Keywords: animals
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'pik.ki |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun |
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| Forms: | pikki |
| Glosses: | cat, house cat, devious and lazy person, take advantage of someone, freeload |
Description:
The word 'pikki' is primarily a noun and is the word for a domestic cat. It can be used as a general term of feline speciies as well.
When used metaphorically to apply to a human, it means a person who is clever and devious but lazy. It is a pejorative term.
Pikki can be used as a verb. As a verb, it is a transitive skurun verb using the auxiliary te, and means to take advantage of a person, to freeload. The implication is that the object of pikki as a verb is a sucker.