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tyrskähdellä

English translation: giggle

11:00 Apr 1, 2010
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Finnish term or phrase: tyrskähdellä
Kaikki paitsi Percy ja Weasleyn äiti tyrskähtelivät jälkiruokiinsa.
Sekä tanssiessa että paraparaa katsoessa saa ja kuuluukin olla hymy herkässä ja tyrskähdellä hölmöille liikkeille.
Adriana Andronache
Local time: 22:55
English translation:giggle
Explanation:
"Tyrskähdellä" is not very common in Finnish; more common would be to use "tirskua", or if it's stronger, perhaps "purskahtaa (nauruun)". I decided to suggest "giggle" now as it would work in both sentences.
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Merja Jauhiainen
Finland
Local time: 22:55
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3giggle
Merja Jauhiainen
4 +1burst into laughter (repeatedly)
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
giggle


Explanation:
"Tyrskähdellä" is not very common in Finnish; more common would be to use "tirskua", or if it's stronger, perhaps "purskahtaa (nauruun)". I decided to suggest "giggle" now as it would work in both sentences.

Merja Jauhiainen
Finland
Local time: 22:55
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Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Desmond O'Rourke: titter, meaning a restrained giggle would also be good
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Desmond!
agree  Irja Frank (X)
2 hrs
  -> Kiitos, Irja!
neutral  Alfa Trans (X): giggle = kikattaa, tirskua, kikatella, hihittää http://www.sanakirja.org/search.php?id=26149&l2=17
19 hrs
agree  amgt
4 days
  -> Kiitos, Ann-Marie!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
burst into laughter (repeatedly)


Explanation:
Frekventatiivi in verbs like myyskennellä, itkeskellä tyrskähdellä jne.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2010-04-02 06:45:43 GMT)
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The verb is based on the noun tyrskyt = breakers

Also, tyrskähtää nauramaan = break into laughter

Tyrskähdellä is frekventatiivi of the verb tyrskähtää, meaning that you cannot help bursting into laughter (repeatedly).


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Requested_entries:F...
    Reference: http://www.kotikielenseura.fi/virittaja/hakemistot/jutut/197...
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Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Timo Lehtilä: That it is exactly, but if there isn't any exact equivalent verb in English, any verb referring to laughing may do.
3 hrs
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