kahareisin
Finnish
editEtymology
editInstructive plural of kaha + reisi, from the dialectal kaha, kahda (“in two”), from kaksi (“two”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editkahareisin
- legs astride (a manner of sitting with legs on either side)
Further reading
edit- “kahareisin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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