hyä

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to eastern Finnish hyö, but with the Tavastian sound change yö > yä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhyæ/, [ˈhyæ]
  • Rhymes: -yæ
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧ä
  • Hyphenation(key): hyä

Pronoun

hyä (dialectal)

  1. (personal, Kymenlaakso) they (only of people).

Synonyms

  • he (standard Finnish)
  • hyö (eastern dialects)

See also

  • myä (“we”)
  • tyä (“you (plural)”)

References

  • “hyä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
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