kylkimyyryä

Finnish

Etymology

kylki +‎ myyryä, possibly from myyrä (“mole”) in reference to how moles move

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkylkiˌmyːryæ/, [ˈk̟ylk̟iˌmyːryæ]
• Rhymes: -yːryæ
• Syllabification^(key): kyl‧ki‧myy‧ry‧ä

Adverb

kylkimyyryä (colloquial)

1. side first (such as moving or swimming side first)

Further reading

• “kylkimyyryä”, 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 2023-07-02