rönttönen

 

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rönttönen

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Probably originally “worn-out shoe” (the sense for the pasty by analogy with the shape), also found in dialects, and fronted from ronttonen, equivalent to rontti (“rag, tatter”) +‎ -onen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrøntːønen/, [ˈrø̞n̪t̪ːø̞ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -øntːønen
• Hyphenation^(key): rönt‧tö‧nen

rönttönen

1. a pasty made of barley or flour, with a sweet filling of berries and potatoes
2. Synonym of pallopurkki (“a type of children's game”)

• “rönttönen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03