Common Lexeme

pikki

Keywords: animals

Pronunciation (IPA): 'pik.ki 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class:  
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.

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