keppikerjäläinen

== Finnish == === Etymology === keppi (“cane”) +‎ kerjäläinen (“beggar”); keppi may be understood to refer to a beggar's cane, but it also alliterates with kerjäläinen, and may thus be only a fortifier === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkepːiˌkerjælæi̯nen/, [ˈk̟e̞pːiˌk̟e̞rjæˌlæi̯ne̞n] Rhymes: -æinen Syllabification(key): kep‧pi‧ker‧jä‧läi‧nen Hyphenation(key): keppi‧kerjä‧läi‧nen === Noun === keppikerjäläinen beggar (person suffering from extreme poverty) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “keppikerjäläinen”, 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