hiljaa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *hiljada, the partitive singular of *hilja (whence dialectal hilja).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
hiljaa (comparative hiljempaa, no superlative)
Interjection edit
hiljaa
Derived terms edit
compounds
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
hiljaa
Further reading edit
- “hiljaa”, 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 2023-07-02
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *hiljada. Cognates include Finnish hiljaa and Estonian hilja.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑː/, [ˈhilʲːɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑː/, [ˈhilʲjɑː]
- Rhymes: -iljɑː
- Hyphenation: hil‧jaa
Adverb edit
hiljaa
- quietly
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
- Marakatti, ku itsiää șpeilist nähä voi,
Hää hiljaa karhua kylkee löi.- A guenon, that could see itself through the mirror,
It quietly hit a bear on his side.
- A guenon, that could see itself through the mirror,
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References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 61