lipetti
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably derived from dialectal lipata.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lipetti
- 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
- (dialectal) lie, tell lies
Declension[edit]
Only used in singular, and in only few cases.
Further reading[edit]
- “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