syrjäkarein
Finnish
Etymology
Instructive plural of syrjä + kare, from a dialectal word kareessa (“slanted, tilted, askew”), which is of unknown origin. Possibly but not necessarily the same as kare (“ripple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsyrjæˌkɑrei̯n/, [ˈs̠yrjæˌkɑ̝re̞i̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑrein
- Syllabification(key): syr‧jä‧ka‧rein
Further reading
- “syrjäkarein”, 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
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