Nyppiä

Translations

1. (transitive) to pluck (out) e.g. hairs, to pick (off) e.g. lint from clothes
   • 2013, Virva Latostenmaa, Pauli Rytisalo, Mennään onkimaan! Lapsen oma kalakirja, →ISBN, page 47:
     • Loput ruodot voi nyppiä pois pinseteillä, jos haluat ruodottoman fileen.
       • The rest of the pin bones can be removed [literally, “plucked out”] with tweezers, if you want a deboned fillet.
2. (colloquial, transitive, usually atelic) to irritate, annoy
   • Mua nyppii ihmiset, jotka eivät käytä vilkkua.
     • I'm irritated by people who don't use their turn signals.
3. (transitive, cooking) to work with one's fingers
   • nypi voi ja jauhot ― work the butter into the flour (with your fingers)

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".