vaikea - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Proto-Finnic *vaikëda, of unknown further origin, but possibly a variant of vaiva (with the adjectival suffix -ea). Cognate with Ingrian vaikia, Karelian vaigie and Votic vaikõa.
vaikea (comparative vaikeampi, superlative vaikein)
- difficult, hard [with allative ‘for’ and first infinitive ‘to’ (with verbs)]
- (idiomatic) awkward, embarrassed, bothered
- olla vaikeana ― to look embarrassed
- (pathology) serious, severe
- Synonym: vaikea-asteinen
- Hyponyms: lievä (“mild”), keskivaikea (“moderate”)
- “vaikea”, 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 2023-07-04