toisaalta

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Finnish

Etymology

tois(a)- +‎ -alta (*-ja-); the delative singular of toinen (“other, second”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

toisaalta (not comparable)

  1. on the other hand, then, then again
    Coordinate term: yhtäältä (“on (the) one hand”)
    Toisaalta punainen näyttää paremmalta.
    On the other hand, red looks better.
  2. (from) elsewhere
    Sen oli tultava toisaalta.
    It had to come from elsewhere.

Inflection

→○ sublative toisaalta
○ superessive toisaalla
○→ delative toisaalle

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