päähänpisto

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Finnish

Etymology

päähän +‎ pisto. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1839.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæːhænˌpisto/,
  • Rhymes: -isto
  • Hyphenation(key): päähän‧pisto

Noun

päähänpisto

  1. whim, freak, vagary, caprice

Declension

Possessive forms of päähänpisto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

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