sumppu

Borrowed from Swedish sump.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumpːu/, [ˈs̠umpːu]
• Rhymes: -umpːu
• Hyphenation^(key): sump‧pu

sumppu

1. corf (container to keep caught fish alive under water)
2. (by extension) Any tight space in which movements are restricted.

   liikennesumppu ― place where traffic jams frequently occur

3. (slang, motor racing) narrow part of a road or track (e.g. in rally pace notes)

• “sumppu”, 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