hiprakka

== Finnish == === Etymology === Akin to hipreä (“clumsy, sluggish”), hiprassa (= hiprakassa) and maybe hipristellä (“to avoid getting touched due to feeling cold or sore”) (all dialectal). Possibly sound-symbolic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiprɑkːɑ/, [ˈhiprɑ̝kːɑ̝] Rhymes: -iprɑkːɑ Syllabification(key): hip‧rak‧ka Hyphenation(key): hip‧rak‧ka === Noun === hiprakka (informal) mild drunkenness, buzz ==== Usage notes ==== hiprakka describes a stage in between selvinpäin and humala where one has a light buzz and socializing is made easier, but not the point where one begins to get dizzy, slur heavily, vomit and pass out. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== humala jurri känni tokkura ==== See also ==== olla päissään === Further reading === “hiprakka”, 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