aluspiimä

== Finnish == === Etymology === alus (“base”) +‎ piimä (“cultured milk”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlusˌpiːmæ/, [ˈɑ̝lus̠ˌpiːmæ] Rhymes: -iːmæ Syllabification(key): a‧lus‧pii‧mä Hyphenation(key): alus‧piimä === Noun === aluspiimä A small amount of cultured milk used to start the desired type of fermentation that turns a batch of fresh milk into cultured milk. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== piimänsiemen pohjapiimä === Further reading === “aluspiimä”, 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 2 July 2023