lipetti

Finnish

Etymology

Probably derived from dialectal lipata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipetːi/, [ˈlipe̞t̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -ipetːi
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧pet‧ti

Noun

lipetti

1. An imaginary place where one is said to go when one scrams, chiefly used in illative singular.

   Synonyms: käpälämäki, livohka

   lähteä lipettiin ― to scram

   ottaa lipetti / ottaa lipettiä ― to scram

   olla lipetissä ― to hide

2. (dialectal) lie, tell lies

   Synonyms: luikuri, lööperi

   laskea lipettiä ― to lie

Declension

Only used in singular, and in only few cases.

Inflection of lipetti (type 5*C/risti) singular plural nominative lipetti – genitive – – partitive lipettiä – accusative lipetti – inessive lipetissä – elative – – illative lipettiin – adessive – – ablative – – allative – – essive – – translative – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Further reading

• “lipettiin”, 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 2023-12-01