hiidenkirnu

hiiden (“devil's”) +‎ kirnu (“churn”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːdenˌkirnu/, [ˈhiːde̞ŋˌk̟irnu]
• Rhymes: -irnu
• Syllabification^(key): hii‧den‧kir‧nu
• Hyphenation^(key): hiiden‧kirnu

hiidenkirnu

1. (geology) pothole, glacial pothole, giant's kettle, giant kettle (pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream upon the melting of a glacier)

Of the various English terms meaning hiidenkirnu, pothole appears to be the most common in current usage. glacial pothole is sometimes used to make a difference between large potholes dating back to the Ice Age and mere fluvial potholes. Giant kettle was used in 1913 Webster's. Other terms include moulin pothole (Encyclopedia Britannica), giant's kettle and giant's cauldron. The two last ones seem to appear mostly in Scandinavian texts and may be influenced by the local language terms.

• “hiidenkirnu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
• hiidenkirnu on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi
• Giant's kettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia