puukkojunkkari
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From puukko (“a type of knife”) + junkkari (“punk”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːkːoˌjuŋkːɑri/, [ˈpuːkːo̞ˌjuŋkːɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -uŋkːɑri
- Syllabification(key): puuk‧ko‧junk‧ka‧ri
Noun edit
puukkojunkkari
- (historical) A type of troublemakers who were common in South Ostrobothnia mostly in the 19th century.
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Further reading edit
- “puukkojunkkari”, 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