hilja

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hilja, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną. === Adverb === hilja (comparative hiljem) late Antonym: vara ==== Related terms ==== hiline === Further reading === “hilja”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “hilja”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “hilja”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN hilja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hilja, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiljɑ/, [ˈhiljɑ̝] Rhymes: -iljɑ Syllabification(key): hil‧ja Hyphenation(key): hil‧ja === Adjective === hilja (comparative hiljempi, superlative hiljin) (dialectal, obsolete outside derivations) quiet Synonym: hiljainen (of movement) slow, relaxed, sluggish Synonyms: hidas, verkkainen ==== Usage notes ==== While this word is no longer used on its own in modern Finnish, the derived terms listed below are common, as is the comparative form hiljempi. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====