vaivihkaa
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The initial vai- is probably from vaieta or vaiti, while vihkaa comes from the onomatopoeic verb vihkata (akin to vihistä).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vaivihkaa
- secretly, unnoticed, stealthily, furtively (without drawing attention)
- Kun luokka käveli kirkkoon, pojat livahtivat vaivihkaa jäätelöbaariin.
- When the class was walking to the church, the boys slipped unnoticed into an ice cream parlor.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaivihkaa”, 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 2023-07-04