mieluusti

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Finnish

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Etymology

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mieli +‎ -ut +‎ -sti (from a hapax legomenon mielut, compare mieluinen, mieluisa; the regular form would be *mieluesti in which the sequence -ue- has simplified into -uu-)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmie̯luːstiˣ/, [ˈmie̞̯luːs̠ti(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ieluːsti
  • Syllabification(key): mie‧luus‧ti

Adverb

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mieluusti (comparative mieluummin, superlative mieluiten)

  1. certainly, willingly, gladly, with pleasure

Further reading

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