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alle.

under, less than (+ number)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

prep/ˈɑlːeˣ/[ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ʔ)]
  1. under, less than (+ number)

    Auto maksoi alle 200 000 [kaksisataa tuhatta] euroa.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *allëk, now analyzed as the consonant-stem allative of the stem ala- (“lower, below”). alle is not attested in Agricola's texts (which instead use ala < *ala-k). alle seems to first be attested short of a century later in 1621.

postp/ˈɑlːeˣ/[ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ʔ)]
  1. under, underneath, below, beneath (when something moves under something else)

    Pallo meni pöydän alle.
  2. under (subject to)

    figuratively · informal · often
    vihollisen vallan alle
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *allëk, now analyzed as the consonant-stem allative of the stem ala- (“lower, below”). alle is not attested in Agricola's texts (which instead use ala < *ala-k). alle seems to first be attested short of a century later in 1621.

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