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sala.

secret (currently used mostly idiomatically and as modifier in compound terms)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑlɑ/[ˈs̠ɑ̝lɑ̝]

  1. secret (currently used mostly idiomatically and as modifier in compound terms)

    dated
    olla salassa
    jäädä salaan

  2. secret, clandestine, concealed

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *sala, from Proto-Uralic *sala (“to hide, steal, thief”). Cognates include Estonian sala (“secretly”), Livonian salātõ (“to hide something”), Northern Sami suoládit (“to keep secret, to conceal”), Northern Sami suola (“thief”), Erzya саламс (salams, “to steal”), Eastern Mari шолышташ (šolyštaš, “to steal”), Tundra Nenets талей (talyey°, “thief”), Tundra Nenets талесь (talyesʹ°, “to steal”), Nganasan толар- (tolar-, “to conceal”), and Ket Southern Selkup [script needed] (tuel-, “secret”).

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