tasapainoilla
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɑsɑˌpɑi̯noi̯lːɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ˌpɑ̝i̯no̞i̯lːɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑinoilːɑ
- Syllabification(key): ta‧sa‧pai‧noil‧la
Verb
[edit]tasapainoilla (intransitive)
- to balance oneself
- (figuratively) to walk a tightrope (to undertake a precarious course of action)
- Yritys tasapainoili jatkuvasti alhaisten rahavarojen ja tilausten nopean toimittamisen välillä.
- The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tasapainoilla”, 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 2023-07-03