telkien takana

Finnish

Etymology

telkien (“bars”) + takana (“behind”)

Adverb

telkien takana

1. (idiomatic) behind bars (in prison)

   Hän vietti viisi vuotta telkien takana.

   He spent five years behind bars.

Inflection

→○	lative	telkien taakse
○	locative	telkien takana
○→	separative	–

Synonyms

• kalterien takana, vankilassa