hintti

• IPA^(key): /ˈhintːi/,
• Rhymes: -intːi
• Syllabification^(key): hint‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): hint‧ti

Probably related to various dialectal words referring to weak things, which are related to hintelä. Compare also hinkata (“to rub”), hintata (“to masturbate”, obsolete), and Swedish hintare (“homosexual”, dialectal)

hintti (derogatory)

1. homosexual man; faggot, poof, poofter, twink

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo

2. effeminate or weak man; faggot, twink, fairy

   Alternative forms: hinttari, hinari, hindu, hintsu, hinuri

3. (obsolete) masturbator, wanker

   Synonym: runkkari

hintti is usually highly offensive when referring to homosexuals, although members of said minority may occasionally use it to describe each other.

• “hintti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From English hint.

hintti (slang)

1. hint, tip

• tärppi

• hintit