kyynärä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *küünärä, from Proto-Uralic *küńä. Cognates include Estonian küünar, Livonian kīndõr, Northern Sami gardnjil, Erzya кенере (kenere), Komi-Permyak гырддза (gyrddźa, “elbow”), the initial component of Udmurt гырпум (gyrpum, “elbow”) and Hungarian könyök. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkyːnæræ/, [ˈk̟yːnæræ] Rhymes: -yːnæræ Syllabification(key): kyy‧nä‧rä Hyphenation(key): kyy‧nä‧rä === Noun === kyynärä (archaic, now only in compounds) elbow, forearm (historical) a traditional measure of length used in Sweden and Finland, equivalent to 59.34 centimetres (historical) synonym of arsina (“Russian cubit, approximately 71.12 cm”) (historical) an English cubit, approximately 45.7 cm ==== Usage notes ==== Dictionaries sometimes offer ell as an alternative translation. The length of an ell has varied in the course of time, but currently an English ell equals 2.5 cubits (= 114.3 cm), and is thus almost twice as long as the traditional Swedish/Finnish kyynärä. A German elle (= 60 cm) is practically the same length as kyynärä, which may be one source for the confusion. The Scots have their own ell (= 94.5 cm). Usually uses the combining form kyynär- in compounds. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === kyynärpää kinner === Further reading === “kyynärä”, 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 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *küünärä (“elbow”). Cognates include Finnish kyynärä and Estonian küünar. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkyːnæræ/, [ˈkyːnər] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkyːnæræ/, [ˈkyːnæræ] Rhymes: -yːnær, -yːnæræ Hyphenation: kyy‧nä‧rä === Noun === kyynärä ell (unit of length around 45 cm) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 232