hengenhätä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • life-or-death emergency
  • (figuratively) real hurry

Etymology

Affix from Finnish henki (spirit, breath, life, ghost, person, spiritual) + Finnish hätä (emergency, distress).

Origin

Finnish

hätä

Gloss

emergency, distress

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