hieman
Finnish
Etymology
A genitive or instructive singular form of *hiema, which could be from Proto-Finnic *hëëma-, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēmô through earlier *šeema(n) (in which case the word is a doublet of siemen), or derived from hieta through an irregular change of suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhie̯mɑn/, [ˈhie̞̯mɑ̝n]
- Rhymes: -iemɑn
- Syllabification(key): hie‧man
Further reading
- “hieman”, 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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