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

Adverb

syrjäkarein

  1. with a remote, unfriendly glance; out of the corner of one's eye

Further reading

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