suotta

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯tːɑ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯t̪ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uotːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): suot‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): suot‧ta

Etymology 1

suo- +‎ -tta; the original sense may have been “gladly, with pleasure” or “out of spite, just for the sake of it”[1]

Adverb

suotta

  1. without reason, to no purpose
    Suotta huusit.
    You didn't have to shout.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

suotta

  1. abessive singular of suo

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