hyysätä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Swedish hysa (“to house, to cherish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhyːsætæˣ/, [ˈhyːs̠æt̪æ(ʔ)] Rhymes: -yːsætæ Syllabification(key): hyy‧sä‧tä Hyphenation(key): hyy‧sä‧tä === Verb === hyysätä (colloquial) to pamper, to coddle (to treat gently or with great care) ==== Usage notes ==== hyysätä has a negative air about it, indicating that pampering is a burden to the person who pampers, or that it does no good to the pampered person. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== hemmotella paapoa ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hyysätä”, 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