hoteissa
Finnish
Etymology
Inessive plural of an uncertain word, which may be either the possibly dialectal hode (“sheepskin”). Alternatively the root may be a borrowing from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old High German huota, whence German Hut (“care, protection”)), or from Russian ходить (xoditʹ), whence Karelian hoteissa (“ongoing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhotei̯sːɑ/, [ˈho̞t̪e̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oteisːɑ
- Syllabification(key): ho‧teis‧sa
Further reading
- “hoteissa”, 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 2023-07-02
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