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halla.

frost, killing frost (below-freezing temperature that occurs at night during the growing season)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɑlːɑ/[ˈhɑ̝lːɑ̝]
  1. frost, killing frost (below-freezing temperature that occurs at night during the growing season)

  2. frost damage (damage caused by such frost)

    alavilla mailla hallan vaara
  3. damage, harm

    figuratively
    tehdä hallaa
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *halla (compare Estonian hall), from earlier *šalna (compare Northern Sami suoldni), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šalnà and Latvian salna).

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