tikittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic +‎ -ttää === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtikitːæːˣ/, [ˈt̪ik̟it̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ikitːæː Syllabification(key): ti‧kit‧tää Hyphenation(key): ti‧kit‧tää === Verb === tikittää (intransitive) to tick ==== Usage notes ==== The verbs tikittää and raksuttaa (“to tick”) are both used of a "relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery". The difference is that tikittää is more likely used of a more quiet, frequent and precise sound than raksuttaa. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to tick): raksuttaa ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tikittää”, 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