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Lemminkäinen
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English
Alternative forms
en Lemminki
Etymology
Borrowed from en fi Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from fi lempi love from en urj-fin-pro *lempi.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
en Finnish mythology literary poetic Lemminkäinen Lemminkäinen of Kalevala Kalevala; the en young, en handsome, en charming, but en aloof en legendary en hero of the en Finnish en national epic, the en Kalevala.
Synonyms
en Ahti Saarelainen
en Kaukomieli
See also
en Kaukamoinen
en Kauko
Finnish
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Etymology
Derived from fi lempi love as fi lempi -nkainen -nkäinen, owing to the character's keen interest in the opposite sex.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish mythology A hero and one of the central characters in Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.
1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 12:1-6:
fi Siitä Ahti Lemminkäinen, / Tuo on kaunis kaukolainen, / Aina aikoja eleli / Nuoren neitosen keralla: / Ei itse sotia käynyt / Eikä Kyllikki kyleä. Then that Ahti, Lemminkäinen, / He the handsome man far-minded, / For a time lived pleasantly / With his young bride by his side; / He did not go off to war, / Nor Kylli to the village rompings.
Declension
sg Lemminkäi ä
Synonyms
fi Ahti Saarelainen
fi Kaukomieli
Derived terms
fi Lemminkäisen temppeli
See also
fi Kaukamoinen
fi Kauko
References
fi Finnic mythology