piripintaan

Finnish

Etymology

Illative singular of piri- +‎ pinta with an alliterative prefix (possibly originally piiri)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiriˌpintɑːn/, [ˈpiriˌpin̪t̪ɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -intɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧ri‧pin‧taan

Adverb

piripintaan

1. to the brim (used chiefly of actual containers)

Inflection

→○	illative	piripintaan
○	inessive	piripinnassa
○→	elative	–

Further reading

• “piripintaan”, 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