tervehtiä

terve (“healthy; hello, hi”) +‎ -htiä; from the ancient habit of wishing health to another person as a form of greeting.

• IPA^(key): /ˈterʋehtiæˣ/,
• Rhymes: -iæ
• Hyphenation^(key): ter‧veh‧tiä

tervehtiä (transitive, usually atelic)

1. to greet
2. (military) to salute
3. (figurative) to give the time of day, to say hello (to acknowledge somebody; to give some respect or attention)

   Jos et ole hänen mielestään kylliksi rikas, hän ei edes tervehdi sinua.

   If he doesn't think you are rich enough, he won't even give you the time of day.

   Hän on alkanut taas tervehtiä minua.

   She's began to say hello to me again.

• “tervehtiä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03