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Päivän sana - aita (a fence) (infosec.pub)
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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aita, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ajta. Cognate with Karelian aituš, Livvi aidu, Estonian aed and, more distantly, with Erzya утомо (utomo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯tɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑitɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ai‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): ai‧ta

Noun

aita

  1. fence
  2. (low) wall

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[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Also 'aitaus' -> pen for keeping animals (or little troublemaking people :) )