tupakansytytin
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tupakan (“of tobacco, of a cigarette”) + sytytin (“lighter”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈtupɑkɑnˌsytytin/, [ˈt̪upɑ̝kɑ̝nˌs̠yt̪yt̪in]
- Rhymes: -ytytin
- Syllabification(key): tu‧pa‧kan‧sy‧ty‧tin
Noun[edit]
tupakansytytin (informal)
Usage notes[edit]
Normally a cigarette lighter is simply called sytytin (“lighter”), just as in English. Savukkeensytytin is regarded as the correct standard language term.
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Further reading[edit]
- “tupakansytytin”, 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