hassallaan

Finnish

Etymology

Morphologically hassa- +‎ -lla (adessive singular) with a possessive suffix. The common meaning in this word and other words using the same root hassa-, like hassata (“to waste, squander”) and hassu (“funny, silly”), is "soft, fragile; messy, splaying".[1] Possibly ultimately of sound-symbolic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑsːɑlːɑːn/, [ˈhɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝lːɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːɑlːɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): has‧sal‧laan

Adverb

hassallaan (dialectal)

  1. strewn all across, scattered

Derived terms

References
  1. Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
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