nipin napin
Finnish
Alternative forms
- nipin-napin
Etymology
A rhyming phrase. The first word is perhaps from nippa, nipukka, nipistää, while the second may be from the first or from dialectal nappi (“scarce, scanty; narrow”), from Swedish knapp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnipin ˈnɑpin/, [ˈnipin ˈnɑpin]
Adverb
nipin napin
- barely (by a small margin, almost not at all)
Synonyms
- hädin tuskin, juuri ja juuri, nippa-nappa, niukasti, niukin naukin, töin tuskin, vaivoin