hassallaan

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Morphologically hassa- +‎ -lla (adessive singular) with a possessive suffix. The common meaning in this word and other words using the same root hassa-, like hassata (“to waste, squander”) and hassu (“funny, silly”), is "soft, fragile; messy, splaying".^[1] Possibly ultimately of sound-symbolic origin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑsːɑlːɑːn/, [ˈhɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝lːɑ̝ːn]
Rhymes: -ɑsːɑlːɑːn
Syllabification^(key): has‧sal‧laan

Adverb edit

hassallaan (dialectal)

strewn all across, scattered

Derived terms edit

hassu

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

[1] Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

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