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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
Noun
haitta [with elative ‘caused by’ and allative ‘to/for; who or what is affected’]
- disadvantage, hindrance, con, demerit, drawback
- Synonym: haittapuoli
- Antonym: etu
- hyödyt ja haitat ― pros and cons
- tumbler (part of a lock)
- damage, disservice, harm, trouble
- tehdä haittaa ― to do damage, do a disservice
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
- alkoholihaitta
- haitanteko
- haitta-aine
- haitta-aste
- haittaeläin
- haittalevy
- haittamaahanmuutto
- haittamikrobi
- haittaohjelma
- haittaoire
- haittapuoli
- haittatapahtuma
- haittatekijä
- haittavaikutus
- haittavero
- haittaviesti
- hajuhaitta
- lumehaitta
- lääkehaitta
- mainehaitta
- maisemahaitta
- makuhaitta
- meluhaitta
- näkyvyyshaitta
- näköhaitta
- terveyshaitta
- ympäristöhaitta
Further reading
- “haitta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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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
Inflection
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
- (transitive) to hinder
- (transitive) to disturb, bother
Inflection
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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