reikäpää

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (pejorative) airhead having no brain, used often of a person who takes unnecessary risks e.g. when driving or in sports

Etymology

Compound from Finnish reikä (hole, void) + Finnish pää (head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal).

Origin

Finnish

pää

Gloss

head, main, end, tip, top, crest, headed, main etc, head's, chief, of head, primary, in the head, principal

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
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