uhalla
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuhɑlːɑ/, [ˈuɦɑ̝lːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uhɑlːɑ
- Syllabification(key): u‧hal‧la
Adverb
uhalla
- (genitive + ~ or ~ + relative clause) at the risk of
- Tyhmältä kuulostamisen uhalla, miten se toimii?
- Silläkin uhalla, että kuulostan tyhmältä, miten se toimii?
- At the risk of sounding stupid, how does it work?
- (genitive + ~) urged or forced by (someone), often with some threat
- (figuratively) for kicks, because one feels like it (when the person urging is the same as the person doing that action)
Inflection
Possessive suffixes are only used with the second meaning and are optional, unless no word in genitive is given.
| Personal/possessive forms of uhalla | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | uhalla | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | uhallani | uhallamme |
| 2nd person | uhallasi | uhallanne |
| 3rd person | uhallaan uhallansa | |
Further reading
- “uhalla”, 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 2023-07-03
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