vailla

See also: väillä

Finnish

Etymology

Adessive of the root vai- / vaja- related to vajaa.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ilːɑ

Preposition

vailla (+ partitive)

  1. (often in negative contexts) without:

Postposition

vailla (+ partitive)

  1. (often in negative contexts) without (and in need/search of):
  2. (idiomatic) olla jotakin ~ : to want
    Mitä sinä olet vailla?
    What do you want?

Usage notes

  • As seen above, this adposition can be used both as a preposition (before the main word) and as a postposition (after the main word), although with a slight change of meaning.

Synonyms

  • (without) ilman, -tta/-ttä (the abessive case suffix, gives the same meaning, "without")

Anagrams

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