halki

halke- +‎ -i

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlki(ˣ)/, [ˈhɑ̝lk̟i(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlki
• Syllabification^(key): hal‧ki

halki

1. halved, broken, in two (through = ablative/elative)

   lyödä halki ― to break in two (by hitting)

   lyödä keskeltä halki ― to break in half through the middle

halki (+ genitive)

1. through, across (from one end through to another, or from one side to another)

   Venäjän halki 30 (kolmessakymmenessä) päivässä.

   Through Russia in 30 days.

halki (+ genitive)

1. through, across (from one end through to another, or from one side to another)
   • 1996, Ismo Alanko (lyrics and music), “Piste”, in Irti:

     Ratsastamme halki Töölön

     We ride horses across the Töölö

halki can either precede or follow the noun it governs, with no difference in meaning.

• “halki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Akin to Finnish halki.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlki/, [ˈhɑɫkʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlki/, [ˈhɑɫɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkʲ, -ɑlki
• Hyphenation: hal‧ki

halki

1. broken in two

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 42

• IPA^(key): /ˈxal.ki/
• Rhymes: -alki
• Syllabification: hal‧ki
• Homophone: Halki

halki f

1. inflection of halka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural