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pulka

[puhl-kuh]

noun

a reindeer-drawn sleigh of Lapland, shaped like the front half of a canoe, in which a single rider sits with back against a vertical support and legs stretched forward.

Also called ahkio.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Finnish pulkka < Lappish

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