nyhtää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *nüktädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ńüktä-. Related to Ludian nühtida, Votic nühtä, Erzya невтамс (nevtams) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (ńə̑ktaš). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnyhtæːˣ/, [ˈnyçt̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -yhtæː Syllabification(key): nyh‧tää Hyphenation(key): nyh‧tää === Verb === nyhtää (transitive) to tear, pull, pluck (hair, feathers, etc.) (transitive, figuratively) to squeeze (money, resources, etc.), (try to) get as much as money/resources as one can from (someone) [with ablative ‘from’] ==== Usage notes ==== (tear, pull, pluck): nyhtää represents an action that is not temporally confined, e.g. that it is continuous: compare nyhtäistä. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nyhtää”, 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 === yhtään