nimenomaan
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nimen (“of name”) omaan (“in(to) its own”), "in(to) its own name", later "as the name states" and simply "actually, in actuality".
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nimenomaan
- precisely, specifically
- Nimenomaan tästä syystä uskon, että on parempi, että me lähdemme.
- It is precisely for this reason that I believe it is better that we leave.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]nimenomaan
- absolutely!, definitely! (expression of agreement with another speaker)
Further reading
[edit]- “nimenomaan”, 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 2023-07-03