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lakko.

strike, walkout (work stoppage as a form of protest or industrial action)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑkːo/[ˈlɑ̝kːo̞]
  1. strike, walkout (work stoppage as a form of protest or industrial action)

    olla lakossa
    ryhtyä lakkoon
  2. strike (stoppage of something else as a form of protest)

    broadly
    nälkälakko
  3. abstinence; abstaining from doing something (for a period of time or permanently)

    figuratively
    tupakkalakko
  4. stoppage, halt

    dated · dialectal
Where this word comes from

lakata (“to cease, stop”) + -o. In the folk language, the original meaning is simply "stoppage", and "strike" was originally formed from this as a compound word (työlakko).

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