poikitse

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Etymology

poikki- +‎ -itse

Pronunciation

Adverb

poikitse (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

  1. (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.

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Postposition

poikitse (+ genitive) (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

  1. (Tavastia) Across, through.

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