avustaja

== Finnish == === Etymology === From avustaa (“to assist”) +‎ -ja (“-er”)- === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑʋustɑjɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ʋus̠ˌtɑ̝jɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑjɑ Syllabification(key): a‧vus‧ta‧ja Hyphenation(key): avus‧ta‧ja === Noun === avustaja assistant, aide, auxiliary, helper (person who assists or helps someone else) Synonyms: apulainen, assistentti sidekick Synonyms: apulainen, apumies, apuri, kakkosmies, oikea käsi (military) aide, aide-de-camp, adjutant (officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one) Synonym: (chiefly historical) adjutantti attendant (one who attends) second (attendant of a duel or boxing match standing in for a contestant) paralegal, legal assistant (lawyer's assistant) Synonym: asianajajan avustaja (in the plural) crew (non-actor members of a theatrical or film production) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== apustaja === Further reading === “avustaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023