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Finnish
Etymology
perä + -kkäin (situative singular). Compare Karelian peräkkäh.
Pronunciation
Adverb
peräkkäin
- successively, one after the other, one after another, on the trot, in a row
- running (consecutively, in a row)
Äidin mansikkahillo voitti ensimmäisen palkinnon kolmena vuonna peräkkäin.- Mom's strawberry jam won the first prize three years running.
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