hievahtaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === Sound-symbolic root +‎ -ahtaa. Compare dialectal hiepaista (“to rush, move quickly”) (Kangasniemi), hiepottaa (“to spin, twirl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhie̯ʋɑhtɑːˣ/, [ˈhie̞̯ʋɑ̝xt̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ieʋɑhtɑː Syllabification(key): hie‧vah‧taa Hyphenation(key): hie‧vah‧taa === Verb === hievahtaa (intransitive) to budge, stir (to move (oneself) just a little bit and then stop again; mostly in negative polarity contexts, e.g. "not budge") ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hievahtaa”, 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