olipa kerran

Finnish

phrase
Definitions
  • (used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time there was

Etymology

Compound from Finnish oli + Finnish -pa (-ing)+ Finnish kerran (once).

Origin

Finnish

kerran

Gloss

once

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