niistää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *niistädäk (compare Ingrian niistää, Karelian niisteä, Ludian niistädä, Veps ništtä and dialectal Estonian niistama), probably onomatopoeic and akin to niiskua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniːstæːˣ/, [ˈniːs̠tæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -iːstæː Syllabification(key): niis‧tää Hyphenation(key): niis‧tää === Verb === niistää (transitive, usually atelic, intransitive) to blow one's nose, snot Synonym: niistää nenänsä (transitive, dated or historical) to snuff (trim the burnt part of a candle wick) (transitive, euphemistic) to steal; to embezzle Synonyms: see Thesaurus:varastaa ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “niistää”, 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 === siintää, äitinsä == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *niistädäk. Cognates include Finnish niistää and dialectal Estonian niistada. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈniːstæː/, [ˈniːs̠tæ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈniːstæː/, [ˈniːʃtæː] Rhymes: -iːstæː Hyphenation: niis‧tää === Verb === niistää (transitive, usually atelic) to blow (one's nose) (transitive, of coal) to remove old ones ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== furskata (“to blow one's nose”) === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 342