se
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (demonstrative) it
- (demonstrative) that when the speaker does not point at the thing, either physically or mentally
- (colloquial) he, she
- (colloquial) the as a definite article, see the usage notes below
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *se inherited from Proto-Uralic *śe.
Origin
Proto-Uralic
*śe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aikainen Finnish
- aikuinen Finnish
- hetki Finnish
- kaltainen Finnish
- laatu Finnish
- luonne Finnish
- nimi Finnish
- päivä Finnish
- sekä Finnish
- sellainen Finnish
- senaikainen Finnish
- senaikuinen Finnish
- senhetkinen Finnish
- senkaltainen Finnish
- senlaatuinen Finnish
- senluonteinen Finnish
- senniminen Finnish
- senpäiväinen Finnish
- sentapainen Finnish
- silloin Finnish
- silloinen Finnish
- sinnes Finnish
- sinänsä Finnish
- siten Finnish
- sitten Finnish
- sittenkin Finnish
- sittenkään Finnish
- tapainen Finnish
- see Estonian
- seesugune Estonian
- selline Estonian
- *se Proto-Finnic
- se Veps
- *śe Proto-Uralic
- se Ingrian
- sellain Ingrian
- sesama Ingrian
- se Livonian
- сембе сяка Moksha
- ся Moksha
- сяда Moksha
- сядонга Moksha
- сяс Moksha
- se Karelian