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Finnish
Etymology
hyvä (“good”) + -ksua (sensive aspect); "to consider good", "to feel [something is] good", compare Swedish godkänna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæksyæˣ/, [ˈhyʋækˌs̠yæ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -yæ
- Syllabification(key): hy‧väk‧sy‧ä
Verb
hyväksyä
- (transitive) to accept, approve of
- to agree with (consider something acceptable)
- to sanction, ratify
- (rare) to agree (to be of same opinion)
- Synonyms: olla samaa mieltä, olla yhtä mieltä, yhtyä (mielipiteeseen)
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