teititellä

== Finnish == === Etymology === teitti (dialectal variant of Te (“you (formal)”)) +‎ -tellä === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtei̯titelːæˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞i̯t̪iˌt̪e̞lːæ(ʔ)] Rhymes: -elːæ Syllabification(key): tei‧ti‧tel‧lä Hyphenation(key): tei‧ti‧tel‧lä === Verb === teititellä (transitive, usually atelic) to you, to address with the polite V-form, to address someone (especially the elderly and people with higher social status) formally in the second-person (in languages in which such form is distinguishable). ==== Usage notes ==== The equivalent in many English-speaking countries is to address a person by her/his last name (with or without her/his professional title). in Finnish there are three second-person personal pronouns: sinä (“informal singular”), te (“informal plural”) and Te (“formal singular and plural”) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== sinutella ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “teititellä”, 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