See also: tah and -tah

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

As if from mitäh, an alternative form of mitä

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæh/, [ˈt̪æh]
  • Rhymes: -æh
  • Syllabification(key): täh
  • Pronunciation with rising intonation (as for questions) is optional, particularly when expressing confusion.

Interjection edit

täh (colloquial)

  1. what? wha? (often expressing confusion)

Further reading edit

Karelian edit

Regional variants of täh
North Karelian
(Viena)
täh
South Karelian
(Tver)
täh

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲæh/
  • Hyphenation: täh

Postposition edit

täh (+ genitive)

  1. because of, for the sake of

Determiner edit

täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

Pronoun edit

täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

References edit

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “täh”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “täh”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN