hyväst
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Etymology 1
From hyvä (“good”) + -st. Akin to Finnish hyvästi.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæstæ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæst/,
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæst/,
- Rhymes: -yʋæst
- Hyphenation: hy‧väst
Interjection
hyväst
Adverb
hyväst
- well
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:
- Käet pese hyväst siä.
- Wash hands well.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
- Kons lintu on söönyt, hään hyväst kannattaa kylmän.
- When a bird has eaten, it will survive the cold well.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæstæ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæst/,
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæst/,
- Rhymes: -yʋæst
- Hyphenation: hy‧väst
Noun
hyväst