nipin napin

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === nipin-napin === Etymology === A rhyming phrase. The first word is perhaps from nippa, nipukka, nipistää, while the second may be from the first or from dialectal nappi (“scarce, scanty; narrow”), from Swedish knapp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipin ˈnɑpin/, [ˈnipin ˈnɑ̝pin] === Adverb === nipin napin barely (by a small margin, almost not at all) ==== Synonyms ==== hädin tuskin, juuri ja juuri, nippa-nappa, niukasti, niukin naukin, töin tuskin, vaivoin === Further reading === “nipin napin”, 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 3 July 2023