erä
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[edit] Finnish
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä (“‘apart’”).[1]
[edit] Noun
erä
- item, entry
- A subdivision of many sports contests. Erä can be a time-limited part of a match between two parties or, where the number of contestants exceeds the capacity of the sports facillity, a competition between a subset of contestants. The translation into English varies by sport. Examples:
[edit] Declension
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Declension of erä (type koira)
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[edit] Derived terms
compounds
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ *Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005): Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja, Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X