hillosipuli

hillo (“jam”) +‎ sipuli (“onion”); calque of Swedish syltlök (“variety of Allium cepa of which pickled onions are often made”) < sylt (“jam”) + lök (“onion”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilːoˌsipuli/,
• Rhymes: -ipuli
• Hyphenation^(key): hillo‧sipu‧li

hillosipuli

1. pearl onion, Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum (cultivar of wild leek producing small bulbs used primarily for pickling)
2. pickled onion, silverskin onion (any small onion used for pickling, usually a variant of the common onion Allium cepa)
3. (in the plural) Pickled onions as dish.

• kesäpurjo

• “hillosipuli”, 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