arvailla - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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From arvata + -illa (frequentative verb).
- IPA(key): /ˈɑrʋɑi̯lːɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝rʋɑ̝i̯lːɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑrʋɑilːɑ
- Syllabification(key): ar‧vail‧la
- Hyphenation(key): ar‧vail‧la
arvailla
- (transitive) frequentative of arvata (“to guess”)
Voi vain arvailla, miksi hänet valittiin presidentiksi.
One can only guess why he was elected President. - to speculate
“arvailla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023