nurin
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally the instructive plural of nurja (now nurjin in standard language).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nurin (not comparable)
- over, inside out, upside down (wrong way round or not standing up)
- Käännä se nurin.
- Turn it over.
- (figuratively) not functional, down
- Kaikki toiminnot nurin.
- All functions not working.
- Yritys meni nurin.
- The company folded.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nurin”, 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 2023-07-03