vähä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vähä (compare Estonian vähe, Votic vähä), from Proto-Finno-Permic *wäšä (compare Erzya вишка (viška, “little”), веженсь (veženś, “youngest”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋæhæ/, [ˈʋæɦæ] Rhymes: -æhæ Syllabification(key): vä‧hä Hyphenation(key): vä‧hä === Adjective === vähä (comparative vähempi, superlative vähin) little, few, scarce (low in number or amount) Synonyms: vähäinen, niukka vähällä vaivalla ― with little effort vähä vähältä ― little by little (nominalized) (the) little (dialectal or in place names) small, little (now found primarily in western Finnish place names) Synonym: pieni ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vähä”, 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 4 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vähä. Cognates include Finnish vähä and Estonian vähe. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋæhæ/, [ˈʋæhæˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋæhæ/, [ˈʋæɣ̥æˑ] Rhymes: -æhæ Hyphenation: vä‧hä === Adverb === vähä little === Determiner === vähä (+ partitive, comparative vähemp) little, few ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “little”): paljo, äijä (antonym(s) of “few”): paljo, moni, äijä, ussia, isost, äijöin ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 683 == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vähä. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈvæhæ/, [ˈvʲæhʲæ] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈvæhæ/, [ˈvʲæhʲæ] (Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvæhæ/, [ˈvæɦæ] (Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvæhæ/, [ˈvæɦæ] Rhymes: -æhæ Hyphenation: vä‧hä === Adjective === vähä few, little ==== Inflection ==== In the modern language, only the nominative and genitive singular forms tend to be used. === Adverb === vähä a little (of) few === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vähä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn