kaksintaistelu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kaksin (“between two people, between the two of them”) + taistelu (“battle”). Coined by Finnish translator and lexicographer Frans Ferdinand Ahlman in 1874.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑksinˌtɑi̯stelu/, [ˈkɑ̝ks̠in̪ˌt̪ɑ̝i̯s̠te̞lu]
- Rhymes: -ɑistelu
- Hyphenation(key): kaksin‧taiste‧lu
Noun
[edit]kaksintaistelu
- duel (combat between two)
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- “kaksintaistelu”, 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