No. 94 in Finnish
saakka
"Saakka" means "until" or "up to" in English.
In a sentence
Odotan täällä viiteen saakka.
I will wait here until five.
Here, 'saakka' is used to denote the point in time up to which the action of waiting will occur.
Hän käveli metsikön reunaan saakka.
They walked up to the edge of the forest.
In this sentence, 'saakka' indicates the spatial endpoint of the walking action.
Jatkamme tehtävän tekemistä huomiseen saakka.
We will continue working on the task until tomorrow.
The word 'saakka' is utilized here to express the temporal extent of the task continuation.
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