käpälämäki

Finnish

Etymology

käpälä +‎ mäki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæpælæˌmæki/, [ˈk̟æpælæˌmæk̟i]
  • Rhymes: -æki
  • Syllabification(key): kä‧pä‧lä‧mä‧ki
  • Hyphenation(key): kä‧pälä‧mäki

Noun

käpälämäki

  1. An imaginary place where one is said to go when one scrams, chiefly used in illative singular.
    Synonyms: lipetti, livohka, pako
    lähteä käpälämäkeento scram
    olla käpälämäessäto be hiding

Declension

Only used in singular, and in only few cases.

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