kaksintaistelu
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Finnish
Etymology
kaksin (“between two people, between the two of them”) + taistelu (“battle”). Coined by Finnish translator and lexicographer Frans Ferdinand Ahlman in 1874.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaksintaistelu
- duel (combat between two)
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kaksintaistelu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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