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Finnish
Etymology
kiiras- + tuli (“fire”), partial calque of Swedish skärseld, probably with influence from an older dialectal borrowing kiira (“clean, clear”), which is an older borrowing from Proto-Norse (compare Old Norse skírr).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːrɑsˌtuli/,
- Rhymes: -uli
- Hyphenation(key): kiiras‧tuli
Noun
kiirastuli
- purgatory
Declension
See also
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri. Intohimon fonesteemi ja kiireen etymologia (2020). in мас сымыӈ нэ̄кве во̄ртур э̄тпост самын патум: Scripta miscellanea in honorem Ulla-Maija Forsberg. pp. 158—170. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.
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