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pikamatka

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Finnish

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Etymology

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pika- (quick, fast, express) +‎ matka (distance)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpikɑˌmɑtkɑ/, [ˈpikɑ̝ˌmɑ̝t̪kɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtkɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): pika‧matka

Noun

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pikamatka

  1. sprint (short race at top speed)

Usage notes

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What is regarded as pikamatka depends very much on sport. In running it's anything less than 500 meters, whereas in cross-country skiing men's 15 kilometers is traditionally referred to as pikamatka. Since roughly year 2000 the organizers of skiing events have developed more audience-friendly, short-distance races called "sprint" in English, which are called sprintti or sprinttikisa in Finnish.

Declension

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Inflection of pikamatka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative pikamatka pikamatkat
genitive pikamatkan pikamatkojen
partitive pikamatkaa pikamatkoja
illative pikamatkaan pikamatkoihin
singular plural
nominative pikamatka pikamatkat
accusative nom. pikamatka pikamatkat
gen. pikamatkan
genitive pikamatkan pikamatkojen
pikamatkain rare
partitive pikamatkaa pikamatkoja
inessive pikamatkassa pikamatkoissa
elative pikamatkasta pikamatkoista
illative pikamatkaan pikamatkoihin
adessive pikamatkalla pikamatkoilla
ablative pikamatkalta pikamatkoilta
allative pikamatkalle pikamatkoille
essive pikamatkana pikamatkoina
translative pikamatkaksi pikamatkoiksi
abessive pikamatkatta pikamatkoitta
instructive pikamatkoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pikamatka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

See also

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Further reading

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