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pulkka.

pulk, toboggan (flat-bottomed small sled used chiefly as a toy but also to transport goods on snow)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpulkːɑ/[ˈpulkːɑ̝]
  1. pulk, toboggan (flat-bottomed small sled used chiefly as a toy but also to transport goods on snow)

Where this word comes from

Uncertain; related to Proto-Samic *pulkkē, which is probably borrowed from Finnish. Has been compared with pulkka (etymology 2) based on the shape, (small) size or through the presence of a seat that would have been made of a wooden stick and/or referred to as that.

noun/ˈpulkːɑ/[ˈpulkːɑ̝]
  1. tally, tally stick (piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number)

    päivä on pulkassa
    Eiköhän panna päivä pulkkaan.
  2. stick, billet, baton

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pulkka (compare Estonian pulk, Livonian pūlka, Votic pulkkõ).

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