kuhnia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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According to SES, related to kahnata.[1] Possibly more specifically from its frequentative form kahnia, possibly under the influence of kukkia (variant of kykkiä).
- IPA(key): /ˈkuhniɑˣ/, [ˈkuxniɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -uhniɑ
- Syllabification(key): kuh‧ni‧a
- Hyphenation(key): kuh‧nia
kuhnia
- (intransitive) To linger, dawdle.
- ^ Ruppel, Klaas, editor (2021–2023), “kuhnia”, in Suomen etymologinen sanakirja [Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 72)[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISSN
- “kuhnia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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
- haikun, hinkua, hiukan, huikan, kihuna, kuhina