enää

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Etymology

Either from the partitive singular of (dialectal) enä, or alternatively from enä +‎ -ki(n), through reduction (*enä-ɣi(k) > enäi > enää); the clitic -kin (from earlier *-ɣik) may have developed a comparative sense.

Pronunciation

Adverb

enää

  1. (chiefly in the negative) any more, any longer
    Kylässä ei ole enää hotellia.
    There is no hotel in the village any more.
  2. (now/nowadays ...) only, merely, just, solely (when there used to be more)
    Saan enää vain harvoin kirjeitä.
    Nowadays I get letters only rarely.
    Tarvitaan enää pientä hiomista.
    Now it just needs some finishing work.

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