diagonaalihiihto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]diagonaalinen + hiihto, coined to differentiate the classic style of cross-country skiing in which the hands and legs are working diagonally and the skis are moved along parallel tracks from the newer discipline of luisteluhiihto (“ski skating, skate skiing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdiɑɡonɑːliˌhiːhto/, [ˈdiɑ̝ɡo̞ˌnɑ̝ːliˌhiːçt̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -iːhto
- Hyphenation(key): dia‧go‧naali‧hiihto
Noun
[edit]diagonaalihiihto (dated)
- classic skiing (style of cross-country skiing)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “diagonaalihiihto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02