hyä

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to eastern Finnish hyö, but with the Tavastian sound change yö > yä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyæ/, [ˈhyæ]
• Rhymes: -yæ
• Syllabification^(key): hy‧ä

Pronoun

hyä (dialectal)

1. (personal, Kymenlaakso) they (only of people).

Synonyms

• he (standard Finnish)
• hyö (eastern dialects)

See also

• myä (“we”)
• tyä (“you (plural)”)

References

• “hyä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.