sippaan

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

sipaan perhaps an illative singular from Proto-Finnic *sipa (compare sipale, sivu), related to Karelian šivallah (“tilted”). Compare also sippi, sippiin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsipːɑːn/, [ˈs̠ipːɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ipːɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): sip‧paan
  • Hyphenation(key): sip‧paan

Adverb

sippaan (not comparable) (dialectal)

  1. (East, North) to become bent, be installed poorly
  2. (East, North) to fail

References

  • “sippaan”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
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