setämäinen

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Finnish

Etymology

setä +‎ -mäinen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsetæˌmæi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -æinen
  • Hyphenation(key): setä‧mäinen

Adjective

setämäinen (comparative setämäisempi, superlative setämäisin)

  1. avuncular
  2. (colloquial) resembling an older man

Declension

Possessive forms of setämäinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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