puukkojunkkari
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From puukko (“a type of knife”) + junkkari (“punk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpuːkːoˌjuŋkːɑri/, [ˈpuːkːo̞ˌjuŋkːɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -uŋkːɑri
- Hyphenation(key): puukko‧junkka‧ri
Noun
[edit]puukkojunkkari
- (historical) A type of troublemakers who were common in South Ostrobothnia mostly in the 19th century.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “puukkojunkkari”, 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