tervemenoa
Finnish
editEtymology
editterve (“well, healthy”) + menoa (“going”); formed according to tervetuloa (“welcome”)
Pronunciation
editInterjection
edittervemenoa (informal)
- good riddance (indicates that a departure, or loss is welcome)
- Näkemiin ja tervemenoa!
- Goodbye and good riddance!
Further reading
edit- “tervemenoa”, 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