päivää
Finnish
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of hyvää päivää
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæi̯ʋæː/, [ˈpæi̯ʋæː]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -æiʋæː
- Syllabification(key): päi‧vää
- Hyphenation(key): päi‧vää
Interjection
päivää
- good day, hello
- Synonym: hyvää päivää (more polite, full form)
Collocations
- sanoa päivää ― to give the time of day (literally, “to say hello”)
- Jos et ole hänen mielestään kylliksi rikas, hän ei sano sinulle edes päivää.
- If he doesn't think you are rich enough, he won't even give you the time of day. / If he doesn't think you are rich enough, he won't even say hello to you.
Noun
päivää
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæi̯ʋæː/, [ˈpæi̯ʋæː] (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈpæi̯ʋæːˣ/, [ˈpæi̯ʋæː(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -æiʋæː
- Syllabification(key): päi‧vää
- Hyphenation(key): päi‧vää
Verb
päivää
- inflection of aumata:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative connegative