haista.
to smell, to have a smell/scent/odor [with ablative or allative]; to stink
Meaning & usage
to smell, to have a smell/scent/odor [with ablative or allative]; to stink
Nämä kukat haisevat hyviltä.
Hyi, miten tämä huone haisee (pahalta)!
to smell like, stink, reek of
Täällä haisee raha.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *haistak. Related to Estonian haistma, Ingrian haissa (“to stink, to smell”), Livvi haižuo (“to stink”), Veps haišta and Votic aisõa (“to stink, to smell”) (Kattila). Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Finnic *haja- (whence haja- and haju (“smell”)).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.