helkkari
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). See also + -ari.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
helkkari
- (minced oath) damn, darn, blimey.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “helkkari”, 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