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
  • Hyphenation(key): syrjä‧karein

Adverb

syrjäkarein

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

Further reading

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