silti

Finnish

Etymology

si- +‎ -lti, through the ablative singular siltä of se. Originally meant "due to that, because of that", and the current sense only became common in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilti(ˣ)/, [ˈs̠il̪t̪i(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ilti
• Syllabification^(key): sil‧ti

Adverb

silti

1. however, still, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless, anyway, regardless

   Ulkona sataa, mutta menen silti ulos.

   It rains, but I'll go out nevertheless.

Synonyms

• eipä sillä (“not to mean that”)
• eipä silti
• siitä huolimatta (“disregarding that”)

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

• “silti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• listi, litsi