haistaa

From Proto-Finnic *haistadak. Equivalent to hais(e)- (“to smell”) +‎ -taa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑːˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): hais‧taa

haistaa

1. (transitive) to sniff, smell
2. (transitive) to scent, smell/nose out, get wind/scent of
3. (transitive, figuratively) to smell, suspect, sense, feel

• The verb is used in various, more or less vulgar interjections commanding the listener to do something — e.g. haista kukkanen (“fudge you”, very mild, literally “sniff the flower”) and haista paska (“fuck you”, strongly vulgar, literally “sniff the shit”) — and that gives the factitive derivative haistattaa (literally “to have [sb] smell [sth]”) its meaning "to insult, tell someone where they can go".

• haista

• “haistaa”, 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

• haasiat