kielipoliisi

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • language police, grammar Nazi

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kieli (language, tongue, string, with languages, of language, of the tongue, of a tongue) + Finnish poliisi (police, police officer, cop).

Origin

Finnish

poliisi

Gloss

police, police officer, cop

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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