hatara

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See also: Hatara and határa

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Karelian hatara. Probably related to dialectal hatea and possibly in some way also to hutera. SSA tentatively connects hatara with scarcely attested hata (sprout; a plant resembling horsetail).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

hatara (comparative hatarampi, superlative hatarin)

  1. shaky, flimsy
    Hökkeli vaikuttaa kovin hataralta.
    The shack looks terribly shaky.
  2. feeble
    Hänellä oli pelkkä hatara käsitys asiasta.
    He had only a feeble grasp of the subject.

Declension

Possessive forms of hatara (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish hatara.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hatara (comparative hataramp)

  1. weak, shaky
    hatarat jalatshaky legs

Declension

Declension of hatara (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hatara hatarat
genitive hataran hataroin
partitive hataraa hataroja
illative hataraa hataroihe
inessive hataraas hatarois
elative hatarast hataroist
allative hataralle hataroille
adessive hataraal hataroil
ablative hataralt hataroilt
translative hataraks hataroiks
essive hataranna, hataraan hataroinna, hataroin
exessive1) hatarant hataroint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 49