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Finnish
Etymology
< pää
Pronunciation
Adverb
päistikkaa
- head over heels, headlong (tumbling upside down)
Hän kompastui ja pyöri päistikkaa rinnettä alas.- She tripped and rolled head over heels down the hill.
- 1993, several authors, Muumipapan tuoli, Kustannus Oy Kolibri, page 5:
Mutta silloin hän kompastui rappusiin, jotka olivat hänen takanaan ja hän kaatui päistikkaa tuoliin palloineen päivineen!- But then he tripped over the stairs that were behind him and he fell headlong into the chair with his ball and all!
- head over heels, headlong (at top speed; frantically)
Kuullessaan äänen pimeässä lapset ryntäsivät päistikkaa kotiin.- Hearing the noise in the dark, the children ran head over heels back home.
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