haikaa

Finnish

Etymology

Verb form of the stem haika-; see haiku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯kɑːˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯kɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikɑː
  • Syllabification(key): hai‧kaa
  • Hyphenation(key): hai‧kaa

Verb

haikaa

  1. poetic variant of the verb of haikailla, mainly used in indicative present and past active tenses, particularly in the third person as substitutes for forms haikailee and haikailevat

Conjugation

Mostly only used in the third person indicative.

Derived terms