pöö

See also: Appendix:Variations of "poo"

Finnish

Etymology

Imitative, meant as a loud sound to startle someone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpøː/, [ˈpø̞ː]
• Rhymes: -øː
• Syllabification^(key): pöö

Interjection

pöö

1. boo, peekaboo (exclamation intended to scare someone)

Further reading

• “pöö”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03