sämpylä

Borrowed from Old Swedish sembla or sämbla, from Latin simila (“the finest flour”). Compare Swedish semla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmpylæ/, [ˈs̠æmpylæ]
• Rhymes: -æmpylæ
• Syllabification^(key): säm‧py‧lä

sämpylä

1. bread roll, roll, bun (type of bread)
2. sub, submarine sandwich (type of sandwich made on this type of bread; often with a modifier that specifies the main fillings)

   juustosämpylä ― cheese sub

3. A sort of shoe.
   1. big skate shoe; briefly popular in the early 2000s.

      Synonym: sämpyläkenkä

   2. (military slang, in the plural) formal shoes, especially those distributed to conscripts to be used with the military uniform in festive occasions or when on leave

• (sub): subi

• “sämpylä”, 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 2023-07-03