seläkkäin

Finnish

Alternative forms

seljäkkäin (dated, dialectal)

Etymology

selkä +‎ -kkäin; situative case of selkä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈselækːæi̯n/, [ˈs̠e̞lækːæi̯n]
Rhymes: -elækːæin
Syllabification^(key): se‧läk‧käin

Adverb

seläkkäin

back-to-back (with one's back facing that of somebody else)

Further reading

“seläkkäin”, 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 2023-07-03

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