poolteist

== Estonian == === Etymology === pool (“half”) +‎ teist (“second”), literally, "half of the other" or "half of the second". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st/, [ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st] Rhymes: -eist Hyphenation: pool‧teist === Numeral === poolteist (genitive poolteise or pooleteise, partitive pooltteist) one and a half (1.5) poolteist tundi ― an hour and a half ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === poolteist (not comparable) (figuratively) limping, lamely (walking as if favouring one leg over the other) (obsolete) halfway === References === poolteist in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “poolteist”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009