vähän
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Adverbial use from the instructive or genitive singular of vähä.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʋæhæn/, [ˈʋæɦæn]
Rhymes: -æhæn
Syllabification(key): vä‧hän
Hyphenation(key): vä‧hän
=== Adverb ===
vähän (comparative vähemmän, superlative vähiten)
few (not many, only a small number of)
Antonyms: monta, paljon
a little (a small amount of; to a small extent or degree)
Antonym: paljon
(of time, somewhat informal) early (almost always with kello (“clock”))
(slang, often in the beginning of a sentence) very
=== Noun ===
vähän
genitive singular of vähä
=== Further reading ===
“vähän”, 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
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Related to Finnish vähän.
=== Adverb ===
vähän
little, few
hardly, barely
=== References ===
Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “едва, мало, немного”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika