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sitkeä

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *citkedä (compare Estonian sitke, Ingrian sitkiä, Karelian sitkie, Veps sitked, Võro sikkõ, Votic sitka), which is also more distantly related to Northern Sami dađgat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsitkeæ/, [ˈs̠it̪k̟e̞æ]
  • Rhymes: -itkeæ
  • Syllabification(key): sit‧ke‧ä
  • Hyphenation(key): sit‧keä

Adjective

sitkeä (comparative sitkeämpi, superlative sitkein)

  1. tough, durable, resilient, hardy (strong and resilient; lasting attempts to break, flex, bend, etc.)
  2. tough, chewy (difficult to cut or chew; having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
  3. tenacious, dogged, persistent, tough (unwilling to yield from a point of view, etc.; refusing to give up or give in)
  4. viscous, thick (having a thick, sticky consistency)

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

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