vähätellä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • to underrate, underestimate
  • to minimise/minimize, understate, downplay, play down
  • to belittle, ridicule, disparage, disdain, detract

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish vähä (little, low-, scarce, few, minor).

Origin

Finnish

vähä

Gloss

little, low-, scarce, few, minor

Concept
Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

少

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