kämänen

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === kämäinen === Etymology === kämä- +‎ -(i)nen, probably from dialectal kämä (“hardened, stuck substance; old, worn thing”). SSA considers this word (which has no known cognates) to be of sound-symbolic origin and that kämärä (which is related to Estonian kämar and Ingrian kämärä) is derived from it. UEW suggests that the word may originate from Proto-Uralic *kämä (compare Erzya кеме (keme), Hungarian kemény), but SSA denies any direct connection and argues that those words are of separate sound-symbolic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæmænen/, [ˈk̟æmæne̞n] Rhymes: -æmænen Syllabification(key): kä‧mä‧nen Hyphenation(key): kä‧mä‧nen === Adjective === kämänen (comparative kämäsempi, superlative kämäsin) (colloquial) bad, poor, shoddy, no good (of low quality) Synonyms: huono, kehno ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “kämänen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023