hassallaan

Finnish

Etymology

Morphologically hassa- +‎ -lla (adessive singular) with a possessive suffix. The common meaning in this word and other words using the same root hassa-, like hassata (“to waste, squander”) and hassu (“funny, silly”), is "soft, fragile; messy, splaying".^[1] Possibly ultimately of sound-symbolic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑsːɑlːɑːn/, [ˈhɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝lːɑ̝ːn]
Rhymes: -ɑsːɑlːɑːn
Hyphenation^(key): has‧sal‧laan

Adverb

hassallaan (dialectal)

strewn all across, scattered

Derived terms

hassu

Related terms

References

^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

[1] Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

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