uhalla

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuhɑlːɑ/, [ˈuɦɑ̝lːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uhɑlːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): u‧hal‧la

Noun

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uhalla

  1. adessive singular of uhka

Adverb

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uhalla

  1. (genitive + ~ or ~ + relative clause) at the risk of
    Tyhmältä kuulostamisen uhalla, miten se toimii?
    Silläkin uhalla, että kuulostan tyhmältä, miten se toimii?
    At the risk of sounding stupid, how does it work?
  2. (genitive + ~) urged or forced by (someone), often with some threat
    1. (figuratively) for kicks, because one feels like it (when the person urging is the same as the person doing that action)

Inflection

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Possessive suffixes are only used with the second meaning and are optional, unless no word in genitive is given.

Personal/possessive forms of uhalla
no possessor uhalla
possessor singular plural
1st person uhallani uhallamme
2nd person uhallasi uhallanne
3rd person uhallaan
uhallansa

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