täti
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- An aunt, as mother's or father's sister.
- (colloquial) An aunt, as the wife of an uncle, paternal as well as maternal.
- (childish) Any woman other than the close relatives.
- (colloquial) Any older, but usually not very old woman. (The latter are referred to as mummo)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *täti.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*täti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- energia Finnish
- iso Finnish
- isotäti Finnish
- kukkahattu Finnish
- kukkahattutäti Finnish
- kummi Finnish
- kummitäti Finnish
- puoli Finnish
- täditellä Finnish
- tätienergia Finnish
- tätimäinen Finnish
- tätimäisesti Finnish
- tätinen Finnish
- tätipuoli Finnish
- tätönen Finnish
- *täti Proto-Finnic