kolkkakala

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • A method of fishing in which a fish that has its head at or near the lower surface of transparent new ice is knocked out by hitting the ice with a club.
  • A fish that has been caught this way.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kolkka (sense type of blunt arrow, bolt, club, mallet) + Finnish kala (fish, fish's, of the fish, of fish).

Origin

Finnish

kala

Gloss

fish, fish's, of the fish, of fish

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Kanji

魚

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