nihkeä

== Finnish == === Etymology === Possibly a variant of nahkea. Related to Karelian nihkie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnihkeæ/, [ˈniçk̟e̞æ] Rhymes: -ihkeæ Syllabification(key): nih‧ke‧ä Hyphenation(key): nih‧keä === Adjective === nihkeä (comparative nihkeämpi, superlative nihkein) damp, moist (skin, air) Hikinen iho on nihkeä. Sweaty skin is damp. begrudging, reluctant, distasteful, unenthusiastic (of a person's attitude towards something) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nihkeä”, 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 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === henkiä, hikenä, häkien, kehinä