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täh

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See also: tah and -tah

Finnish

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Etymology

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As if from mitäh, an alternative form of mitä

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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täh (colloquial)

  1. what? wha? (often expressing confusion)

Further reading

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Karelian

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

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

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täh (+ genitive)

  1. because of, for the sake of

Determiner

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täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

Pronoun

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täh

  1. illative singular of tämä

References

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  • 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