yhdysmerkki

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • A hyphen used in compounds with colliding vowels (e.g. linja-auto).

Etymology

Prefix from Finnish merkki (mark, sign, brand, character, signal, symbol, label).

Origin

Finnish

merkki

Gloss

mark, sign, brand, character, signal, symbol, label

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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