typerä

== Finnish == === Etymology === According to Aikio (2024), from Proto-Finnic *tüperä, cognate with Proto-Samic *tëpër, whence Lule Sami dabár (“prattle, nonsense”). Alternatively, possibly from the same root as tupertua. Cognate with Karelian typerä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtyperæ/, [ˈt̪ype̞ræ] Rhymes: -yperæ Syllabification(key): ty‧pe‧rä Hyphenation(key): ty‧pe‧rä === Adjective === typerä (comparative typerämpi, superlative typerin) stupid, dumb (lacking in intelligence) silly, stupid (irresponsible) silly, stupid, frivolous (of little weight or importance) (colloquial) lame (failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant) ==== Usage notes ==== typerä is mainly a negative word. If someone is silly in a positive or funny way, the Finnish equivalent is hassu. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “typerä”, 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