hiljaa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hiljada, the partitive singular of *hilja (whence dialectal hilja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑː/, [ˈhiljɑ̝ː]
- Rhymes: -iljɑː
- Syllabification(key): hil‧jaa
Related terms
Further reading
- “hiljaa”, 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
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑː/, [ˈhilʲːɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑː/, [ˈhilʲjɑː]
- Rhymes: -iljɑː
- Hyphenation: hil‧jaa
Adverb
hiljaa
- quietly
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
- Marakatti, ku itsiää șpeilist nähä voi,
Hää hiljaa karhua kylkee löi.- A guenon, that could see itself through the mirror,
It quietly hit a bear on his side.
- A guenon, that could see itself through the mirror,
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 61
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