umpimähkään

== Finnish == === Etymology === From the archaic term umpimähkä (“pile of embers covered with ash in order to keep the fire alive”); in the morning one didn't know which part of the pile was still alive. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈumpiˌmæhkæːn/, [ˈumpiˌmæhk̟æːn] Rhymes: -æhkæːn Syllabification(key): um‧pi‧mäh‧kään Hyphenation(key): umpi‧mähkään === Adverb === umpimähkään (not comparable) at random, haphazardly, indiscriminately ==== Related terms ==== umpimähkäinen === References === An article of Maija Länsimäki on Kotus's webpage, originally published in Helsingin Sanomat on July 30th, 2007 [1] === Further reading === “umpimähkään”, 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 4 July 2023