kärpänen

From Proto-Finnic *kärpähinen, equivalent to dialectal kärväs (“fly egg”) +‎ -(i)nen. Exact cognate with Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, more distantly Estonian kärbes, likely also Erzya карво (karvo), Moksha кару (karu), Eastern Mari карме (karme).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkærpænen/,
• Rhymes: -ærpænen
• Hyphenation^(key): kär‧pä‧nen

kärpänen

1. fly (dipteran insect of the family Muscidae)

   tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen ― to make a mountain out of a molehill

2. bug (enthusiasm for something - chiefly in compounds)

   hiihtokärpänen ― skiing bug

3. (pesäpallo) an out caused by the baserunner leading (stepping off the base) or trying to leave early, causing the pitcher to throw the ball at the baseman or baseperson who catches it, causing the runner to be out because they were not in the base when the ball was caught

• “kärpänen”, 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