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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
Adverb
hassallaan (dialectal)
- strewn all across, scattered
Derived terms
References
- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN