puliveivata

== Finnish == === Etymology === Probably from puljata (“to wheel and deal, swindle”), alternatively from Swedish spolväv, which is a somewhat complicated weaving technique. According to a folk etymology the word comes from the method of separating substitute alcohol from a polishing medium called pulituuri (“French polish”) by adding salt to it and then shaking it (veivata (“to crank, shake”)). The word puliukko (“drunkard”) comes from this practice, but most likely puliveivata and puliukko have separate roots. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuliˌʋei̯ʋɑtɑˣ/, [ˈpuliˌʋe̞i̯ʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eiʋɑtɑ Syllabification(key): pu‧li‧vei‧va‧ta Hyphenation(key): puli‧veiva‧ta === Verb === puliveivata (transitive, colloquial) to con, swindle, cheat (commercial, derogatory) to wheel and deal Synonyms: jobata, sumplata, trokata, välittää, toimia välittäjänä ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Article by Johanna Laakso, professor in the University of Vienna, on origins of puliveivata (in Finnish) [1] === Further reading === “puliveivata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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