lumipesu

lumi (“snow”) +‎ pesu (“wash”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumiˌpesu/, [ˈlumiˌpe̞s̠u]
• Rhymes: -esu
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧mi‧pe‧su

lumipesu

1. Act of cleansing something by rubbing it with snow.
2. Act of abuse in which someone rubs the face of another person with snow, chiefly practiced between children who participate in a snowfight, or as an act of bullying.

• “lumipesu”, 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