varpunen

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *varpuinën, borrowed from Old East Slavic вороби́и (vorobíi) (compare Russian воробе́й (vorobéj)); nativized with the diminutive -nen suffix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrpunen/, [ˈʋɑ̝rpune̞n] Rhymes: -ɑrpunen Syllabification(key): var‧pu‧nen Hyphenation(key): var‧pu‧nen === Noun === varpunen sparrow varpuslintu ― passerine bird varpushaukka ― sparrow hawk (specifically) house sparrow (Passer domesticus) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “varpunen”, 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