äkkiä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *äkkidä. Cognates include Estonian äkki, Ingrian äkkii, Karelian äkkie, Veps äkkid and Votic ättši.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈækːiæ/, [ˈækːiæ]
Rhymes: -ækːiæ
Syllabification^(key): äk‧ki‧ä

Adverb

äkkiä

quickly, rapidly, promptly, fast
unexpectedly, out of the blue, abruptly, suddenly

Derived terms

yhtäkkiä

Further reading

“äkkiä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

käkiä, äikkä

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