huippu

Etymology

Probably from hui (“spool”), like dialectal huitti, huittu "peak, top". The -pp- may be from suippo, suippu. A sound-symbolic blend is possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhui̯pːu/, [ˈhui̯pːu]
• Rhymes: -uipːu
• Hyphenation^(key): huip‧pu

Noun

huippu

1. top, peak, summit
2. climax, culmination
3. (of a person) one of the best in their field
4. (in compounds) top-class, state-of-the-art, leading, top-flight, top-level, top, peak, super (indicates that the thing referred to is among the best of its kind)

Further reading

• “huippu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02