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Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtænɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ænɑ
- Hyphenation: tä‧na
Etymology 1
Clipping of tänapäev, from Proto-Finnic *tänä *päivänä (“on this day”). Compare Finnish tänään, Udmurt туннэ (tunne, “today”) and Kamassian ҭейнен (“today”).
Adverb
täna (not comparable)
- today
- nowadays
Noun
täna
- today
Declension
Indeclinable
Derived terms
Compounds
Etymology 2
Verb
täna
- second-person singular present imperative of tänama
References
- täna in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “täna”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009