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haitta

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See also: häittä

Finnish

Etymology

Uncertain, but proposed to be a Baltic loan (whence Lithuanian žaizda (wound)), or alternatively possibly from earlier *hagitta and then from Proto-Norse *hagiþō, compare Swedish hejd. Cognate with Karelian haitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯tːɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯t̪ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑitːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hait‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): hait‧ta

Noun

haitta [with elative ‘caused by’ and allative ‘to/for; who or what is affected’]

  1. disadvantage, hindrance, con, demerit, drawback
    Synonym: haittapuoli
    Antonym: etu
    hyödyt ja haitatpros and cons
  2. tumbler (part of a lock)
  3. damage, disservice, harm, trouble
    tehdä haittaato do damage, do a disservice

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

haitta

  1. to slur, to abuse

Inflection

More information Inflection of (inflection type 13/maksta), 1st infinitive ...

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “хулить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish haitata.

Pronunciation

Verb

haitta

  1. (transitive) to hinder
  2. (transitive) to disturb, bother

Inflection

More information Conjugation of (type III-1/tuntõa, tt-t gradation), Indicative ...

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “haittaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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