"tä" meaning in Finnish

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈtæ(ˣ)/, [ˈt̪æ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -æ Etymology: Shortened from mitä (“what”). Etymology templates: {{m|fi|mitä||what}} mitä (“what”) Head templates: {{head|fi|interjections|head=}} tä, {{fi-int}} tä
  1. what? huh? (exclamation used to express stupefaction or failure to understand somebody else's words) Tags: colloquial Synonyms: anteeksi, nyt en ymmärrä, täh
    Sense id: en-tä-fi-intj-c2QlWeYr Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for tä meaning in Finnish (1.0kB)

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "mitä",
        "3": "",
        "4": "what"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from mitä (“what”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "interjections",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tä",
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tä",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "what? huh? (exclamation used to express stupefaction or failure to understand somebody else's words)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tä-fi-intj-c2QlWeYr",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anteeksi"
        },
        {
          "word": "nyt en ymmärrä"
        },
        {
          "word": "täh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ(ˣ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪æ(ʔ)]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tä"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "mitä",
        "3": "",
        "4": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "mitä (“what”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from mitä (“what”).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "interjections",
        "head": ""
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      "expansion": "tä",
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      "args": {},
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    }
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        "Finnish interjections",
        "Finnish lemmas",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/æ",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/æ/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what? huh? (exclamation used to express stupefaction or failure to understand somebody else's words)"
      ],
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        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh"
        ]
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ(ˣ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪æ(ʔ)]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "word": "nyt en ymmärrä"
    },
    {
      "word": "täh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tä"
}

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