naittaja

naittaa (“to arrange marriage”) +‎ -ja (“-er”); the usage has been extended to a new area because the word sounds similar to nitoja (“stapler”), especially if one pronounces the latter as if it were an English word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑi̯tːɑjɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝i̯t̪ːɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑitːɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nait‧ta‧ja
• Hyphenation^(key): nait‧ta‧ja

naittaja

1. (dated) One, usually the father, whose consent was required for a girl to marry.
2. (informal) stapler (office implement)

• puhemies, amor

• “naittaja”, 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 3 July 2023

• taitajan