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valtti

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Finnish

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Swedish valt, the supine of välja (to choose, elect), as in many card games the trump suit is nominated. Has also been compared with archaic Norwegian velt and Danish vælt, with dialectal variant valt in the latter, both ultimately from Old Norse velta (to roll over, turn over). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltːi/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑltːi
  • Syllabification(key): valt‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): valt‧ti

Noun

valtti

  1. (card games) trump
  2. (figuratively) trump, advantage (especially one held in reserve)

Declension

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

Synonyms

  • (card games): valttimaa

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