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hillosipuli

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Finnish

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Etymology

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hillo (jam) +‎ sipuli (onion); calque of Swedish syltlök (variety of Allium cepa of which pickled onions are often made) < sylt (jam) + lök (onion)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhilːoˌsipuli/, [ˈhilːo̞ˌs̠ipuli]
  • Rhymes: -ipuli
  • Hyphenation(key): hillo‧sipu‧li

Noun

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hillosipuli

  1. pearl onion, Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum (cultivar of wild leek producing small bulbs used primarily for pickling)
  2. pickled onion, silverskin onion (any small onion used for pickling, usually a variant of the common onion Allium cepa)
  3. (in the plural) Pickled onions as dish.

Declension

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Possessive forms of hillosipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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