kontinkieli

== Finnish == === Etymology === kontin +‎ kieli, after kontti, the word used in this word game, which in turn is possibly from English cant with folk-etymological association with kontti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkontinˌkie̯li/, [ˈko̞n̪t̪iŋˌk̟ie̞̯li] Rhymes: -ieli Syllabification(key): kon‧tin‧kie‧li Hyphenation(key): kontin‧kieli === Noun === kontinkieli A wordplay resembling pig Latin, constructed in two phases so that in the first phase the word kontti is thought to be added after each word in a sentence and then the first one or two letters in the original word are interchanged with the letters ko in kontti. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kontinkieli”, 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