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

  1. good day, hello
    Synonym: hyvää päivää (more polite, full form)
Collocations
  • sanoa päivääto 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

  1. partitive singular of päivä

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

  1. inflection of aumata:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. present active indicative connegative
    4. second-person singular imperative connegative