kirkonrotta

Finnish

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Definitions
  • A children's game; variant of hide and seek that has a "home base" the seeker must return to in order to tag players, but if any hiding players reach the home base first, they are considered safe; often caught players can also be rescued by any such players.
  • churchmouse, church mouse very poor person, chiefly in similes

Etymology

Affix from Finnish kirkko (church, of church) + Finnish rotta (rat).

Origin

Finnish

rotta

Gloss

rat

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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