juoponnappiin

Finnish

Etymology

Illative of juopon (“drunkard's”) +‎ nappi (“button”); lit. "(in)to drunkard's button".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjuo̯ponˌnɑpːiːn/, [ˈjuo̞̯po̞nˌnɑ̝pːiːn]
Rhymes: -ɑpːiːn
Syllabification^(key): juo‧pon‧nap‧piin

Adverb

juoponnappiin

wrong buttoned, uneven (buttoned up with buttons in wrong buttonholes; used of ending up with this situation)
Laitoit paitasi juoponnappiin.
You buttoned your shirt wrong.

Inflection

→○	illative	juoponnappiin
○	inessive	juoponnapissa
○→	elative	–

Synonyms

väärään nappiin

Further reading

“juoponnappiin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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