kengänkiillottaja
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kengän (“of a shoe”) + kiillottaja (“polisher”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkeŋːænˌkiːlːotːɑjɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞ŋːæŋˌk̟iːlːo̞t̪̚ˌt̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
- Hyphenation(key): kengän‧kiillot‧ta‧ja
Noun
[edit]kengänkiillottaja
- bootblack, shoeblack, shoeshiner (person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee)
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kengänkiillottaja”, 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 2023-07-02