leipä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (uncountable) bread foodstuff
  • (countable) bread any variety of bread
  • (uncountable) bread food, sustenance, support of life, in general
  • (in compounds) sandwich
  • (countable) In the game of ducks and drakes, an individual set of rings caused by the stone jumping from the surface of the water, see heittää leipiä (to play ducks and drakes).

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laipa derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (loaf, bread).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hlaibaz

Gloss

loaf, bread

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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