nenänkärkeä
Nenänkärkeä is an obscure term found in a small number of Finnish-language dialect and linguistics writings. It is not a standard or widely recognized term in mainstream Finnish phonology or in common dictionaries. The expression is typically described as a compound of nenä, meaning nose, and kärki (in partitive form kärkeä), yielding a rough literal sense of “the sharpness of the nose.” In practice, it is usually interpreted metaphorically to denote a perceptual quality of speech rather than a defined phonetic category.
The word appears to be formed from nenä and kärki, with the suffix that often marks partitive
In the rare sources that mention nenänkärkeä, the term is used to describe a nasal, piercing, or
nasalization, Finnish dialects, phonetic descriptors
Limited and scattered; no widely cited peer-reviewed sources establish nenänkärkeä as a standard linguistic term.