reikäleipä

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrei̯kæˌlei̯pæ/, [ˈre̞i̯k̟æˌle̞i̯pæ] Rhymes: -eipæ Syllabification(key): rei‧kä‧lei‧pä Hyphenation(key): reikä‧leipä === Etymology 1 === From reikä (“hole”) +‎ leipä (“bread”). ==== Noun ==== reikäleipä A type of bread, usually of rye, that is flat and has a hole in the middle; originally the purpose of the hole was to facilitate storage in horizontal poles so as to keep the bread safe from rodents. ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “reikäleipä”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === An alteration of reikä reikä based on reikäleipä (etymology 1). ==== Adverb ==== reikäleipä (not comparable) (humorous) synonym of reikä reikä