I could not find kyhmyräiset in the dictionary. What does it mean?

I could not find kyhmyräiset in the dictionary. What does it mean?

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“kyhmy” or “kyhmyrä” means “swelling, protuberance” (I got that from Wiktionary). “Kyhmyräinen” (or kyhmyinen) would then be an adjective describing something that has many swellings on the surface, or someone with many warts (hardly a useful word in that context). The juniper tree is kyhmyräinen.

source:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16223/16223-h/16223-h.htm

“Kyhmyräiset” is the plural form of the same word. Nominative or accusative. To me it sounds like a word that could be used in a fantasy novel as a name of some hobbit-like folk.

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I found the word in Harry Potter where his nephew got a full costume for school including a stick that was described (in an adjective) as kyhmyräinen. So, in this case, it would fit the description of such a stick, even in real life I guess (although the Hogwarts series is hardly real life).

yes, I think you could say “kyhmyräinen sauva”. The opposite of “sileä”.

googling “kyhmyräinen sauva” gives interesting results

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Yeah, they called it a “keppi” or “kepistä”, but yeah, the opposite of sileä". Thanks for your replies.

Strictly speaking “kyhmyräinen” means only “knobbly” or “lumpy”, but as it is a stick (at least) I would imagine it also not to be straight (unless it is “man”-made), so it could also be translated as “crooked stick”. But as it is Harry Potter I would guess the original was something like “warty stick”.