sippaan

Finnish

Alternative forms

• sipaan

Etymology

sipaan perhaps an illative singular from Proto-Finnic *sipa (compare sipale, sivu), related to Karelian šivallah (“tilted”). Compare also sippi, sippiin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsipːɑːn/, [ˈs̠ipːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ipːɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): sip‧paan

Adverb

sippaan (not comparable) (dialectal)

1. (East, North) to become bent, be installed poorly
2. (East, North) to fail

References

• “sippaan”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.