kippis
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kipp- + -is, from German die Gläser kippen (“knock back the glasses”, literally “tilt the glasses”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]kippis
- cheers!
- Kippis sille!
- Cheers to that!
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kippis”, 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 2023-07-02