täh

See also: tah and -tah

Finnish

Etymology

As if from mitäh, an alternative form of mitä

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

täh (colloquial)

  1. what? wha? (often expressing confusion)

Further reading

Karelian

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

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

täh (+ genitive)

  1. because of, for the sake of

Determiner

täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

Pronoun

täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

References

  • 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
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