heltta - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Unknown. Cognate with Karelian heltta and possibly to dialectal Estonian helt (in western dialects, particularly Saaremaa), unless it is borrowed from Finnish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheltːɑ/, [ˈhe̞l̪t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eltːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): helt‧ta

heltta

1. wattle (loose, hanging skin on birds, animals and humans)
2. snood (flap of skin on the beak of a turkey)
3. (mycology) gill, lamella (of a mushroom)

(compounds):

• “heltta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02