nipin napin
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA rhyming phrase. The first word is perhaps from nippa, nipukka, nipistää, while the second may be from the first or from dialectal nappi (“scarce, scanty; narrow”), from Swedish knapp.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnipin napin
- barely (by a small margin, almost not at all)
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “nipin napin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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