pulkka.
pulk, toboggan (flat-bottomed small sled used chiefly as a toy but also to transport goods on snow)
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
stick, billet, baton
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *pulkka (compare Estonian pulk, Livonian pūlka, Votic pulkkõ).
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