valtti

== Finnish == === Etymology === Most likely borrowed from Swedish valt, the supine of välja (“to choose, elect”), as in many card games the trump suit is nominated. Has also been compared with archaic Norwegian velt and Danish vælt, with dialectal variant valt in the latter, both ultimately from Old Norse velta (“to roll over, turn over”). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltːi/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ːi] Rhymes: -ɑltːi Syllabification(key): valt‧ti Hyphenation(key): valt‧ti === Noun === valtti (card games) trump (figuratively) trump, advantage (especially one held in reserve) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (card games): valttimaa ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “valtti”, 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 === Anagrams === valtit