helavalkea

== Finnish == === Etymology === hela- (“from helatorstai (“Ascension Day”)”) +‎ valkea (“fire”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelɑˌʋɑlkeɑ/, [ˈhe̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝lk̟e̞ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlkeɑ Syllabification(key): he‧la‧val‧ke‧a Hyphenation(key): hela‧valkea === Noun === helavalkea A bonfire customarily burned on Ascension Day in some parts of Finland, an "Ascension Day bonfire". ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “helavalkea”, 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 2 July 2023