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Finnish
Etymology
The instructive or genitive singular of vähä.
Pronunciation
Adverb
vähän (comparative vähemmän, superlative vähiten)
- few
Meitä oli vähän verrattuna viholliseen.- We were few in comparison with the enemy.
- a little
Ottaisin mielelläni vähän lisää.- I'd like to take a little more.
- (slang, often in the beginning of a sentence) very
Vähän on hyvää safkaa!- The food is very good!
Determiner
vähän
- few, a little
Noun
vähän
- genitive singular of vähä
Antonyms
Further reading
Veps
Etymology
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Related to Finnish vähän.
Adverb
vähän
- little, few
- hardly, barely
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “едва, мало, немного”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika