pinni

Borrowed from Swedish pinne. Meaning "pin" (in electronics) is a semantic loan from English pin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːi/, [ˈpinːi]
• Rhymes: -inːi
• Syllabification^(key): pin‧ni

pinni

1. hairpin
2. (electronics) pin

• “pinni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːi/, [ˈpinːi] (indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːiˣ/, [ˈpinːi(ʔ)] (imperative, connegative)
• Rhymes: -inːi
• Syllabification^(key): pin‧ni

pinni

1. inflection of pinniä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

From late Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pinne, from Old Saxon pinn (“pin; peg”), from Proto-Germanic *pinn- (“pointed object; spike; peak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Cognate with English pin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɪnːɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

pinni m (genitive singular pinna, nominative plural pinnar)

1. pin, peg, stick

• (pin): tittur, typpi (rare)

• eyrnapinni (“cotton bud, cotton swab, Q-tip”)
• frostpinni (“ice lolly, popsicle”)
• íspinni (“ice lolly, popsicle”)
• sleikipinni (“lollipop”)
• stýripinni (“joystick”)