kärpänen

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kärpähinen, equivalent to dialectal kärväs (“fly egg”) +‎ -(i)nen. Exact cognate with Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, more distantly Estonian kärbes, likely also Erzya карво (karvo), Moksha кару (karu), Eastern Mari карме (karme). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkærpænen/, [ˈk̟ærpæne̞n] Rhymes: -ærpænen Syllabification(key): kär‧pä‧nen Hyphenation(key): kär‧pä‧nen === Noun === kärpänen fly (dipteran insect of the family Muscidae) tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen ― to make a mountain out of a molehill bug (enthusiasm for something - chiefly in compounds) hiihtokärpänen ― skiing bug (pesäpallo) an out caused by the baserunner leading (stepping off the base) or trying to leave early, causing the pitcher to throw the ball at the baseman or baseperson who catches it, causing the runner to be out because they were not in the base when the ball was caught ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kärpänen”, 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