pikamatka
Finnish
Etymology
pika- (“quick, fast, express”) + matka (“distance”)
Noun
pikamatka
- sprint (short race at top speed)
Usage notes
What is regarded as pikamatka depends very much on sport. In running it's anything less than 500 meters, whereas in cross-contry skiing men's 15 kilometers is traditionally referred to as pikamatka. Since roughly year 2000 the organizers of skiing events have developed more audience-friendly, short-distance races called "sprint" in English, which are called sprintti or sprinttikisa in Finnish.
Declension
Inflection of pikamatka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pikamatka | pikamatkat | ||
genitive | pikamatkan | pikamatkojen | ||
partitive | pikamatkaa | pikamatkoja | ||
illative | pikamatkaan | pikamatkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pikamatka | pikamatkat | ||
accusative | nom. | pikamatka | pikamatkat | |
gen. | pikamatkan | |||
genitive | pikamatkan | pikamatkojen pikamatkain rare | ||
partitive | pikamatkaa | pikamatkoja | ||
inessive | pikamatkassa | pikamatkoissa | ||
elative | pikamatkasta | pikamatkoista | ||
illative | pikamatkaan | pikamatkoihin | ||
adessive | pikamatkalla | pikamatkoilla | ||
ablative | pikamatkalta | pikamatkoilta | ||
allative | pikamatkalle | pikamatkoille | ||
essive | pikamatkana | pikamatkoina | ||
translative | pikamatkaksi | pikamatkoiksi | ||
abessive | pikamatkatta | pikamatkoitta | ||
instructive | — | pikamatkoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |