huuti

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish hut (“decency, good manners, politeness, reason, common sense”), used in some set phrases like veta hut (“to behave oneself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːti/, [ˈhuːt̪i]
• Rhymes: -uːti
• Hyphenation^(key): huu‧ti

Noun

huuti

1. Synonym of nuhde (“admonition, scolding”); only used in partitive singular case as an object

   antaa huutia ― to reprimand; lit. "to give a scolding"

Declension

• partitive singular: huutia

Further reading

• “huuti”, 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