hellittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === hellitä +‎ -ttää === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelːitːæːˣ/, [ˈhe̞lːit̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -elːitːæː Syllabification(key): hel‧lit‧tää Hyphenation(key): hel‧lit‧tää === Verb === hellittää to loosen, slacken (to make less tight) hellittää kukkaron nyörejä ― to loosen the purse strings hellittää otteensa ― to release one's grasp, let go to ease up (to become more relaxed) to ease up (to reduce the speed) to abate, subside, calm (to lessen in force or intensity) to break (of a storm or spell of weather, to end) (dated) to give up ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to reduce the speed): hiljentää, hidastaa (to give up): antaa periksi ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hellitä === Further reading === “hellittää”, 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 === Anagrams === tähteillä