voileipä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • bread and butter, bread with butter buttered slice of bread
  • open sandwich slice of bread with some toppings
  • sandwich two slices of bread with fillings between them
  • in the game of ducks and drakes, an individual jump of the stone from the surface of water; see heittää leipiä (to play ducks and drakes)

Etymology

Compound from Finnish voi (butter, oh) + Finnish leipä (bread, sandwich).

Origin

Finnish

leipä

Gloss

bread, sandwich

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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