klipeeraus
Klipeeraus is a Finnish term that refers to the act of clipping or shortening a word, often to make it more colloquial or easier to pronounce. This linguistic phenomenon is common in spoken Finnish and can occur with nouns, verbs, and even adjectives. The clipping usually involves removing the end of a word, and sometimes the beginning, while retaining the core meaning.
For example, the word 'tietokone' (computer) is frequently klippeerattu to 'tietokone' or even just 'tietokone'. Similarly,
Klipeeraus serves several communicative functions. It can speed up speech, make utterances sound more casual and