selittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === selitä (“to become clear”) +‎ -ttää (causative verb), literally “to make (become) clear”. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselitːæːˣ/, [ˈs̠e̞lit̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -elitːæː Syllabification(key): se‧lit‧tää Hyphenation(key): se‧lit‧tää === Verb === selittää (transitive) to explain [with allative ‘to’] to explicate (to explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze) (colloquial) to be on about Mitä sä selität? ― What are you on about? ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== selvä selkeä === Further reading === “selittää”, 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