hakkaa päälle
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hakkaa (“beat, whack”) + päälle (“onto, on top of”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic) A warcry.
- 1954, Väinö Linna, Tuntematon sotilas[1], →ISBN, English translation by Liesl Yamaguchi[2]:
- – Hakkaa päälle pohjan poika! Eteenpäin pojat... Tulta munille. Kimppuun pojat!
- ‘Cut them down, Kaleva! Advance! Shoot for their nuts. Charge!’