Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
saarisokkelikko
English translation:
maze of islands or archipelagic maze
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Graeme Walle (X)
Mar 19, 2010 05:02
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Finnish term
saarisokkelikko
Finnish to English
Science
Geography
general geography, geology and environmental
sokkelikko, examples:
Puhti on paljas kallioinen sokkelikko, jota suo- jaa meren puolelta kivinen kynnys. Fladan vesi on suolaista, mutta meriyhteys on kalliokyn- ...
www.mmm.fi/attachments/.../5BVs6lcY0/Natura-arvio_2007.pdf
Pelissä edetään sokkelikko kerrallaan kohti lopullista taistelua viimeisen planeetan vihoviimeisessä nurkassa odottavaa mysteeripomoa vastaan. ...
www.pelit.fi/index.php?id=61237
Kotipiha :: Näytä viesti - Lapsiperheen omakotitalo: yksi vai ... - [ Translate this page ]
ja siksi, että tuli oikein hyvä kokemus noin 80 neliön rivarista jossa alakerrassa olkkari ja keittiö -sokkelikko...ylhäällä kaks makkaria ja sauna sekä ...
www.kotipiha.net/foorumi/viewtopic.php?p=559694&sid.
something to do with basement of foundation wall ?
Puhti on paljas kallioinen sokkelikko, jota suo- jaa meren puolelta kivinen kynnys. Fladan vesi on suolaista, mutta meriyhteys on kalliokyn- ...
www.mmm.fi/attachments/.../5BVs6lcY0/Natura-arvio_2007.pdf
Pelissä edetään sokkelikko kerrallaan kohti lopullista taistelua viimeisen planeetan vihoviimeisessä nurkassa odottavaa mysteeripomoa vastaan. ...
www.pelit.fi/index.php?id=61237
Kotipiha :: Näytä viesti - Lapsiperheen omakotitalo: yksi vai ... - [ Translate this page ]
ja siksi, että tuli oikein hyvä kokemus noin 80 neliön rivarista jossa alakerrassa olkkari ja keittiö -sokkelikko...ylhäällä kaks makkaria ja sauna sekä ...
www.kotipiha.net/foorumi/viewtopic.php?p=559694&sid.
something to do with basement of foundation wall ?
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | maze of islands | Erkki Pekkinen |
5 +1 | archipelagic maze | Antti Pyykkönen |
4 | labyrinth of islands | Pietari Valtonen |
Change log
Mar 22, 2010 17:47: Graeme Walle (X) Created KOG entry
Mar 22, 2010 17:49: Graeme Walle (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1096232">Graeme Walle (X)'s</a> old entry - "saarisokkelikko"" to ""maze of islands""
Proposed translations
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maze of islands
This, in my opinion, is the very expression you are looking for
Example sentence:
The archipelago off the SW tip of Finland is maze of islands
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labyrinth of islands
sokkelikko is a colloquialism of "sokkelo" ie. labyrinth, maze
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archipelagic maze
saari- = island (something); archipelagic
sokkelikko = maze, labyrinth
Being in the midst of a multitude islands, wondering which way to navigate, one could say you are in an archipelagic maze.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-19 11:47:41 GMT)
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I was supposed to write "in the midst of a multitude OF islands"... sorry
sokkelikko = maze, labyrinth
Being in the midst of a multitude islands, wondering which way to navigate, one could say you are in an archipelagic maze.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-19 11:47:41 GMT)
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I was supposed to write "in the midst of a multitude OF islands"... sorry
Example sentence:
The Stockholm archipelago is not just a bunch of islets, it is an enormous archipelagic maze.
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