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hauska.

pleasant, nice, merry, fun, enjoyable

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhɑu̯skɑ/[ˈhɑ̝u̯s̠kɑ̝]
  1. pleasant, nice, merry, fun, enjoyable

    pitää hauskaa
  2. funny, amusing

Where this word comes from

The word possibly originally meant "wasteful, diminishing, useless" (in which case, compare hupa for semantic shift), in which case it might be related to haaska and derived from haja-.

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