ehei
Finnish
Etymology
Extension of ei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈehei̯/, [ˈe̞ɦe̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -ehei
- Syllabification(key): e‧hei
Interjection
ehei
- (emphatic) no
- Ehei, olet väärässä!
- No, you're wrong!
- Luulin heidän jo lopettaneen, mutta ehei, he eivät olleet edes aloittaneet!
- I thought they had already finished, but no, they hadn't even started!
Further reading
- “ehei”, 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 2023-07-02
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