haistattaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === haistaa +‎ -ttaa === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑtːɑːˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑistɑtːɑː Syllabification(key): hais‧tat‧taa Hyphenation(key): hais‧tat‧taa === Verb === haistattaa (transitive) to tell someone where to go/where to get off/what to do with it (in insults, as in "go to hell!") Näin parhaaksi haistattaa kaikille vitut. ― I saw it best to tell everyone to fuck off. (literally, “to make everyone sniff cunts”) ==== Usage notes ==== The verb haistaa (“to smell”) is used in various, more or less vulgar interjections commanding the listener to do something — e.g. haista kukkanen, often translated as "fuck you" (very mild though; literally: "sniff the flower") and haista paska (“fuck you”) (strongly vulgar; literally: "sniff the shit") — and that gives the factitive derivative haistattaa (“to have [someone] smell [something]”). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== haistaa haistatella === Further reading === “haistattaa”, 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