When is poika used?

• Hänellä on kolme poikaa ja kaksi tytärtä. He has three sons and two daughters.
• Ulkona on niin kylmä, että kahvi olisi poikaa.  It's so cold outside that coffee would hit the spot.
• Voi sinua, poikaa poloista!  Oh dear, you poor thing!
• Tässä luokassa on kymmenen poikaa ja viisitoista tyttöä.  There are 10 boys and 15 girls in this class.

Poika's meanings

• boy
• son
• lad
• youngster
• chap
• fellow
• guy
• bloke

Poika's synonyms

• poju
• lad
• sonny-boy
• poitsu
• lad
• sonny-boy
• pojunen
• lad
• sonny-boy
• heppu
• fellow
• chap
• guy

Verbs that are based on poika

• poikia (not used for humans)
• to bring forth
• panna rahaa poikimaan to put money to work for you (NB. The Finnish doesn't need the for you)
• to calve
• to give birth
• to have young

Adjectives that are based on poika

• poikamainen
• boyish
• tomboyish (about girls)

Phrases that are based on poika

• ei ole eilisen teeren poika
• wasn't born yesterday
• Älä edes yritä!  En ole eilisen teeren poika!  Give me a break! I wasn't born yesterday, you know!
• metsän poika
• bear (there are lots of terms for bears in Finnish, in part due to the superstition of saying the word karhu.  If it was said, it would invoke the spirit of the bear)
• any animal that lives in the forest
• a person who survives off of the forest.
• olla poikaa = tehdä eetvarttia
• to hit the spot
• Nyt olisi hyvä ruoka poikaa.  Good food would hit the spot right about now.
• to be just what was needed
• Toi oli poikaa!  That was just what I needed!
• tehdä poikaa = tehdä eetvarttia
• to hit the spot
• Nyt kahvi tekisi poikaa.  Some coffee would hit the spot right about now.
• olla isänsä poika
• to be like one's father; like father like son
• Isto on aivan isänsä poika.  Isto is his father's son.
• hakkaa päälle, Pohjan poika!
• an old Finnish war cry, "Hit them, son of the North".  The elite cavalry units of Finns (when Finland was still part of Sweden) got their name hakkapeliitta from this war cry, since the Swedes couldn't pronounce it correctly.
• kissalan pojat (slang term, rather neutral)
• police
• coppers
• Sinne meni markka poikineen.
• That cost me an arm and a leg.
• Pojat ovat poikia.
• Boys will be boys.

Names of family members with poika

• pojantytär
• granddaughter (son's daughter)
• pojanpojan tytär
• great-granddaughter (son's son's daughter)
• tyttärenpojan tytär
• great-granddaughter (daughter's son's daughter)
• pojantyttären tytär
• great-granddaughter (son's daughter's daughter)
• pojanpoika
• grandson (son's son)
• tyttärenpoika
• grandson (daughter's son)
• pojanpojanpoika
• great-grandson (son's son's son)
• tyttärenpojanpoika
• great-grandson (daughter's son's son)
• pojantyttären poika
• great-granddaughter (son's daughter's son)
• tyttärentyttären poika
• great-granddaughter (daughter's daughter's son)
• veljenpoika
• nephew (brother's son)
• sisarenpoika
• nephew (sister's son)
• poikapuoli
• stepson
• pojanvaimo
• daughter-in-law

Nouns with poika

• poikamies
• bachelor
• poikamiesboksi bachelor pad
• single man
• poikamiestyttö
• bachelorette
• single woman
• poikatyttö
• tomboy
• poikanulikka = pojan nulikka
• rascal
• pojan nulikka
• rascal
• pojanviikari
• rascal
• pojannaskali
• whippersnapper
• poikalapsi
• male child
• aikamiespoika
• grown man who still lives with his parents
• rattopoika
• woman's man
• playboy
• tuhlaajapoika
• the Prodigal Son
• poikaystävä
• boyfriend
• poikajoukko
• group of boys, gang of boys
• poikarukka
• poor boy (not in the sense of financial wealth; a demonstration of pity.)

Nouns that are based on poika

• poikanen
• little boy
• young animal
• huhun poikanen a vague rumor