mukkelis makkelis

Finnish

Etymology

A rhyming phrase based on the dialectal verbs mukeltaa (“to fall over”), mukkeloida (“to stumble”).

Adverb

mukkelis makkelis (colloquial)

1. head over heels, tumbling

Further reading

• “mukkelis makkelis”, 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