pääasia

== Finnish == === Etymology === pää- (“main”) +‎ asia (“issue, thing”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpæːˌɑsiɑ/, [ˈpæːˌɑ̝s̠iɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑsiɑ Syllabification(key): pää‧a‧si‧a Hyphenation(key): pää‧asia === Noun === pääasia main thing, main issue, central point ==== Usage notes ==== pää also means "head", which may sometimes give rise to wordplays. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “pääasia”, 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