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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hilja, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną.
Adverb
hilja (comparative hiljem)
- late
- Antonym: vara
Further reading
- “hilja”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “hilja”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “hilja”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- hilja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hilja, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hilja (comparative hiljempi, superlative hiljin) (dialectal, obsolete outside derivations)
- quiet
- Synonym: hiljainen
- (of movement) slow, relaxed, sluggish
- Synonyms: hidas, verkkainen
Declension
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