hilavitkutin

Possibly from the verbs hilata and vitkuttaa, as something like hila- +‎ vitkuttaa +‎ -in.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilɑˌʋitkutin/,
• Rhymes: -itkutin
• Syllabification^(key): hi‧la‧vit‧ku‧tin

hilavitkutin

1. An unspecified piece of apparatus, or one for which one does not know a real name, a gimmick or a thingamajig. Although they can be considered as synonyms, hilavitkutin would normally refer to something considerably more technically sophisticated than vehje or vekotin.

• vehje
• vekotin
• härpäke
• kilke
• pulautin
• mokkula

• “hilavitkutin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02