täti

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *täti, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *tätä, ultimately probably from baby talk. Related to Estonian tädi, Karelian täti, Veps täti, Votic täti and possibly to Moksha тядя (tädä, “mother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæti/, [ˈt̪æt̪i] Rhymes: -æti Syllabification(key): tä‧ti Hyphenation(key): tä‧ti === Noun === täti aunt (mother's or father's sister) (informal) aunt (the wife of an uncle, paternal as well as maternal) (childish) woman; any (adult) woman who is not a close relative; adult female stranger (colloquial) any older, but usually not very old woman (compare mummo) ==== Declension ==== The following declension without gradation is not part of standard Finnish, and is considered colloquial. It can also be used to give the text a dialectal or childish nuance. It is somewhat more common when referring to one's own aunt. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === tantta === References === === Further reading === “täti”, 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 === täit == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *täti. Cognates include Finnish täti and Estonian tädi. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtæti/, [ˈtætʲiˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtæti/, [ˈtæd̥iˑ] Rhymes: -æti Hyphenation: tä‧ti === Noun === täti aunt ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== däädä (“uncle”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 615 == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *täti. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtæti/, [ˈtʲætʲi] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈtæti/, [ˈtʲætʲi] Rhymes: -æti Hyphenation: tä‧ti === Noun === täti aunt ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “täti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn