kalpaten

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly akin to kalpea, with development like “pale” → “ugly” → “bad”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlpɑten/, [ˈkɑ̝lpɑ̝t̪e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlpɑten
  • Syllabification(key): kal‧pa‧ten
  • Hyphenation(key): kal‧pa‧ten

Adverb

kalpaten

  1. only used in käydä kalpaten

References

  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kalpota”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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