tupakansytytin
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
tupakan (“of tobacco, of a cigarette”) + sytytin (“lighter”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtupɑkɑnˌsytytin/, [ˈt̪upɑ̝kɑ̝nˌs̠yt̪yt̪in]
- Rhymes: -ytytin
- Syllabification(key): tu‧pa‧kan‧sy‧ty‧tin
Noun edit
tupakansytytin (informal)
Usage notes edit
Normally a cigarette lighter is simply called sytytin (“lighter”), just as in English. Savukkeensytytin is regarded as the correct standard language term.
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “tupakansytytin”, 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