hintsusti

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps akin to hintelä, roughly hin(t)- +‎ -tsu +‎ -sti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhintsustiˣ/, [ˈhin.ts̠us̠ti(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -intsusti
• Syllabification^(key): hint‧sus‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): hint‧sus‧ti

Adverb

hintsusti (colloquial)

1. little (of)

Further reading

• “hintsusti”, 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