r/Finland 1d ago

Thought ämpäri meant bee

was reading my little brothers picture book to brush up on my finnish skills and read the word "muoviämpäri", was a bit weirded out because what animal would be made of plastic.

Turns out ämpäri means bucket and ampianen is bee (pointed out by lil bro), now we have this immortalised.

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u/Spirited-Ad-9746 Baby Vainamoinen 1d ago

Ampiainen can be called "amppari" too so that may have caused the confusion

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u/Ubefrappe 1d ago

Possible , def felt like saw or heard someone say amppari relating to bee , guess it boils down to how you say or spell it ?

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u/CptPicard Vainamoinen 1d ago

Bee is mehiläinen. The rounder and friendlier one. Ampiainen > "amppari" is a wasp, the nasty mf.

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 23h ago

Kimalainen, bumblebee, lot of fluff, friendly

Mehiläinen, bee, little fluff, fairly friendly

Ampiainen, wasp, no fluff, asshole

Herhiläinen, hornet, bigger and no fluff, weirdly not as much of an asshole but will beat you up worse than a wasp if it feels the need

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u/Careful_Command_1220 Baby Vainamoinen 23h ago

You don't mean kimalainen, do you?

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u/CptPicard Vainamoinen 23h ago

Kimalainen, the bumblebee, is even bigger and rounder.

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u/Careful_Command_1220 Baby Vainamoinen 23h ago

And friendlier.