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Finnish
Etymology
poikki- + -itse
Pronunciation
Adverb
poikitse (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)
- (Tavastia) (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out.
1849, Elias Lönnrot, “Rune XXVI”, in John Martin Crawford, transl., Kalevala:Aivin on joki tulinen poikitse hevon e’essä.- Found a stream of fire opposing;
Ran the fire-stream like a river,
Ran across the hero's pathway.
Synonyms
Postposition
poikitse (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)
- (Tavastia) Across, through.
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