potkahti
Potkahti is a Finnish verb form that denotes a kicking action carried out in the past. It is the third-person singular simple past form associated with potkahtaa, a verb meaning to kick with the foot or to strike with the foot. The root potka- is related to the noun potku, which means a kick or kick-off, and the form potkahti appears in narrative and everyday speech to state that someone performed a kick previously.
In standard Finnish, potkahti is used to describe a concrete, physical kicking event by a specific subject.
Example: Mies potkahti pallon. This translates to “The man kicked the ball.” Beyond literal kicking, the root