rapuvoi

Finnish

Etymology

rapu (“crayfish, crab”) +‎ voi (“butter”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpuˌʋoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pu‧voi

Noun

rapuvoi

1. crab butter (greasy yellow-to-white jelly-like substance that accumulates on the inside of the shell of a crayfish or a crab)
2. tomalley, also crab butter (hepatopancreas of a crayfish when consumed as food, considered as delicacy by many, especially in Sweden and coastal Finland)
3. Butter flavored by simmering it with crayfish shells, used e.g. as base for soups.

Usage notes

The second sense ("hepatopancreas") may be considered erroneous, as there's a separate Finnish term maksahaima for it. The error derives from Swedish, as this part of the crayfish is often called kräftsmör in Swedish, which translates directly to rapuvoi. See also Swedish Wikipedia on Kräftsmör.

Declension

See also

• maksahaima

Further reading

• “rapuvoi”, 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 2023-07-03