pikamatka

Finnish

Etymology

pika- (“quick, fast, express”) +‎ matka (“distance”)

Noun

pikamatka

  1. 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)
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
pikamatkainrare
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
instructive — pikamatkoin
abessive pikamatkatta pikamatkoitta
comitative — pikamatkoineen

See also
  • sprintti
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