alun pitäen
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See also: alunpitäen
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alun (“beginning, start”, causative) + pitäen. Compare alusta pitäen, heti pitäen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- originally (as it was in the beginning)
- Synonyms: see alun perin
Further reading
[edit]- “alun pitäen”, 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 2023-07-02