puolitankoon

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Finnish

Etymology

Illative of puoli- +‎ tanko

Pronunciation

Adverb

puolitankoon

  1. To half-mast.
    Surupäivänä liput on laskettu puolitankoon ympäri maata.
    On the day of mourning, flags are flown at half-mast around the country.

Inflection

→○ illative puolitankoon
○ inessive puolitangossa
○→ elative –

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