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Päivän sana - hiihtää (to ski) (sopuli.xyz)
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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hihtädäk, probably onomatopoeic. Compare Karelian hiihteä and Veps hihtta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːhtæːˣ/, [ˈhiːçt̪æː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iːhtæː
  • Hyphenation(key): hiih‧tää

Verb

hiihtää.

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to ski

lähde

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