kyykkä

== Finnish == === Etymology === Possibly referring to the slightly squatting position a player usually assumes when throwing the bat: see kyykky (“squat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkyːkːæ/, [ˈk̟yːkːæ] Rhymes: -yːkːæ Syllabification(key): kyyk‧kä Hyphenation(key): kyyk‧kä === Noun === kyykkä "Finnish/Karelian skittles"; a traditional Finnish/Karelian outdoor game resembling skittles, in which the aim is to remove the beer-can-sized wooden skittles from the playing area by throwing a bat (karttu or kyykkämaila) of the size of a baseball bat at them. This game is popular both in the Republic of Finland as well as in the Russian Republic of Karelia. A skittle in this game. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== gorodki mölkky === Further reading === “kyykkä”, 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