sipaan perhaps an illative singular from Proto-Finnic *sipa (compare sipale, sivu), related to Karelian šivallah (“tilted”). Compare also sippi, sippiin.
- IPA(key): /ˈsipːɑːn/, [ˈs̠ipːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ipːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): sip‧paan
sippaan (not comparable) (dialectal)
- (East, North) to become bent, be installed poorly
- (East, North) to fail
- “sippaan”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.