nurin

Finnish

Etymology

Originally the instructive plural of nurja (now nurjin in standard language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnurin/, [ˈnurin]
• Rhymes: -urin
• Syllabification^(key): nu‧rin

Adverb

nurin (not comparable)

1. over, inside out, upside down (wrong way round or not standing up)

   Käännä se nurin.

   Turn it over.

2. (figuratively) not functional, down

   Kaikki toiminnot nurin.

   All functions not working.

   Yritys meni nurin.

   The company folded.

Derived terms

• kuppi nurin
• nurin perin
• nurin päin
• nurinajo
• nurinkurinen
• nurinmeno
• nurinperin
• nurinpäin

 

Further reading

• “nurin”, 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