syrjäkarein

Finnish

Etymology

Instructive plural of syrjä +‎ kare, from a dialectal word kareessa (“slanted, tilted, askew”), which is of unknown origin. Possibly but not necessarily the same as kare (“ripple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyrjæˌkɑrei̯n/, [ˈs̠yrjæˌkɑ̝re̞i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑrein
• Hyphenation^(key): syrjä‧karein

Adverb

syrjäkarein

1. with a remote, unfriendly glance; out of the corner of one's eye

Further reading

• “syrjäkarein”, 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