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Etymology
A genitive or instructive singular form of *hiema, which could be from Proto-Finnic *hëëma-, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēmô through earlier *šeema(n) (in which case the word is a doublet of siemen), or alternatively derived from hieta through irregular suffix substitution.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hieman
- a little, bit, tad, slightly
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